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Table 2 The percentage of the participants with abnormal range of sex hormones and correlation with RAS

From: Comparison of the sex hormones’ serum level in women with recurrent aphthous stomatitis and healthy population: a cross-sectional study

Hormones

Case

Control

p value

Count

% within group

Count

% within group

FSH 2.5–13.2 (mIU/ml)

6

20.0

6

20.0

n.s

LH (1–7.9 mIU/ml)

5

16.7

4

13.3

n.s

PRL (3.5–17.9 ng/ml)

9

30.0

8

26.7

n.s

TESTO (0.2–0.95 ng/ml)

17

58.6

4

13.3

< 0.0001

DHEA-S (0.37–2.71 μg/ml)

4

13.8

1

3.3

n.s

EST (9-175 pg/ml)

2

6.7

1

3.6

n.s

PROG (0.15–1.4 ng/ml)

11

36.7

4

13.3

0.037

DHT (24-368 pg/ml)

10

33.3

5

17.2

n.s

  1. PRL prolactone, TESTO testosterone, DHT dihydrotestostrone, DHEA-S dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, EST estrogen, PROG progesterone, n.s. nonsignificant