Concentrations of sex steroids in infant plasma directly after completed plasma transfusion
Sex steroid | All infants (n=18) | Boys (n=7) | Girls (n=11) | P, all, pre vs post | P, boys, pre vs post | P, girls, pre vs post |
Progesterone (pg/mL) | 876 (700–1703) | 990 (724–1728) | 799 (642–1695) | 0.349 | n.t. | n.t. |
Dehydroepiandrosterone (pg/mL) | 6474 (2127–12 313) | 6015 (1746–19 698) | 6934 (2198–11 499) | 0.943 | n.t. | n.t. |
Androstenedione (pg/mL) | 1049 (740–1950) | 1270 (916–1952) | 1033 (688–1509) | 0.215 | n.t. | n.t. |
Testosterone (pg/mL) | – | 3471 (1742–11 456) | 52 (4.0–70) | n.t. | 0.866 | 0.484 |
Dihydrotestosterone (pg/mL) | – | 266 (157–741) | 16.0 (12.8–35.6) | n.t. | 1.000 | 0.213 |
Oestrone (pg/mL) | 4.6 (0.25–9.5) | 8.2 (4.3–12.2) | 2.2 (0.25–5.6) | 0.650 | n.t. | n.t. |
Oestradiol (pg/mL) | – | 0.25 (0.25–3.2) | 0.25 (0.25–0.25) | n.t. | 0.465 | 0.317 |
Concentrations are reported as medians (Q1–Q3). P, Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
n.t., not tested.