Lipid Profile in Adolescent Girls with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Hyperandrogenemia

Table 2

Hormonal characteristics of adolescent girls with type 1 diabetes mellitus with (T1DM-H) and without hyperandrogenemia (T1DM-N) and healthy, regularly menstruating girls without hyperandrogenemia (control group).

	Girls with T1DM-H; ()	Girls with T1DM-N; ()	Control group; ()
LH [IU/L]	3.5 (1.5–6.2)	3.4 (2.0–5.1)	4.7 (3.4–6.0)
FSH [IU/L]	4.0 ± 1.5^1	5.2 ± 2.0	5.1 ± 1.3
LH/FSH	1.1 (0.4–1.7)	0.6 (0.4–1.3)	0.9 (0.7–1.4)
Testosterone [ng/dL]	51.5 ± 23.7^1,2	31.9 ± 13.4	36.7 ± 12.7
Androstenedione [ng/mL]	3.7 ± 1.6^1,2	2.1 ± 0.8	2.0 ± 0.9
DHEAS [g/dL]	201.9 ± 49.9^1	151.5 ± 63.3^3	213.2 ± 85.0
17OH-progesterone [ng/mL]	1.1 (1.0–1.4)	1.1 (0.8–1.4)	1.1 (0.7–1.2)
Estradiol [pmol/L]	90.7 (74.7–126.5)	116.0 (88.8–158.0)	107.0 (82.2–124.0)
SHBG [nmol/L]	38.2 ± 19.8	50.4 ± 17.2	52.2 ± 24.0
FAI	4.8 ± 2.5^1,2	2.2 ± 0.9	2.8 ± 1.3

T1DM-H versus T1DM-N: ; ²T1DM-H versus CG: ; ³T1DM-N versus CG: .
SHBG: sex hormone binding globulin; FAI: free androgen index.