Table 5: Relationships of serum concentrations of cortisol and insulin with the degree of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions (n = 205).

 

Hormone

 

NILM

 

(n = 60) M/SE

Cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions

 

 

P value

Low grade (n = 59) M/SE

High grade (n = 86) M/SE

Cortisol (nmol/L)

334.14/19.9

318.89/16.5

353.02/16.6

0.483

Insulin (uU/mL)

11.69/0.71

14.31/1.03

14.42/0.83

0.028*

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

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