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Table 3 Distribution of the proportion of participants with abnormal serum follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone and anti-mullerian hormone levels by age

From: Assessment of the impact of HIV infection on the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis and pubertal development among adolescent girls at a tertiary centre in Zimbabwe: a cross-sectional study

Age (years)

FSH

LH

AMH

Reference range (IU/L)

Abnormality

Reference range

(IU/L)

Abnormality

Reference range

(IU/L)

Abnormality

Low

n(%)

High

n(%)

Low

n(%)

High

n(%)

Low

n(%)

High

n(%)

10–12 (n = 11)

0.7–8.3

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

0.0-6.8

0(0.0)

2(18.1)

< 8.8

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

13–15 (n = 45)

1.0-9.1

3(6.7)

5(11.1)

0.3–23.0

4(8.9)

4(8.9)

0.9–9.5

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

16–17 (n = 16)

0.4–9.9

0(0.0)

3(17.7)

0.0-26.4

0(0.0)

2(11.8)

0.9–9.5

0(0.0)

0(0.0)

>=18 (n = 29)

1.7–21.5

1(3.5)

0(0.0)

1.0-95.6

4(13.8)

0(0.0)

0.9–9.5

0(0.0)

7(24.1)