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Male reproductive hormone profile in R wandan students
Author(s) -
Gahutu J. B.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1439-0272
pISSN - 0303-4569
DOI - 10.1111/and.12201
Subject(s) - morning , testosterone (patch) , hormone , luteinizing hormone , follicle stimulating hormone , medicine , venous blood , endocrinology , physiology , sex hormone binding globulin , gynecology , andrology , androgen
Summary To illustrate the male reproductive hormone profile, a study was conducted among healthy male university students living at Butare, Rwanda (altitude: 1 768 m, barometric pressure: 629 mm Hg). Venous blood was collected in the morning, after overnight fasting. Hormonal assays were performed by classical sandwich ELISA technique. Mean values (±standard deviation SD ) were follicle‐stimulating hormone FSH : 3.7 ± 1.6 IU l −1 ; luteinising hormone LH : 3.6 ± 2.2 IU l −1 ; and total testosterone: 21.0 ± 7.5 n m . The results compare well with findings of other studies.