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Table 7 The means of sex hormones among studied abusers compared to nonabusers

From: Association between male sex hormones and tramadol abuse

Sex hormone

Abusers

N = 67

Nonabusers

N = 67

p-value

Total testosterone (ng/ml)

5.18 ± 1.95

7.79 ± 1.63

0.002*

LH (m IU/ml)

4.67 ± 2.43

7.80 ± 1.99

0.003*

FSH (m IU/ml)

3.76 ± 2.82

3.28 ± 1.03

0.682

  1. P-value (0.002 and 0.003) of independent T-test is statistically highly significant. N = number. Normal range for total testosterone (2.62–15.9 ng/ml), for LH (1.7–11.2 m IU/ml), for FSH (2.0–18.6m IU/ml)