Table 3: Relationships of serum concentrations of estradiol, testosterone and prolactin with the degree of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions in premenopausic women (n = 161).

Hormone

 

NILM (n = 49) M/SE

Cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions

 

 

P value

Low grade (n = 48) M/SE

High grade (n = 64) M/SE

Estradiol (pg/mL)

65.98/7.90

53.78/4.70

65.99/7.60

0.249

Testosterone (nmol/L)

1.67/0.17

1.64/0.16

2.36/0.19

0.001*

Prolactin (ng/mL)

341.03/39.73

301.46/24.01

460.24/93.98

0.578

M: Media; SE: Standard Error; NILM: Negative of Intraepithelial Lesion and Malignity

*Value of p estimated by the Kruskal Wallis test for independent samples