Weak correlations between serum and cerebrospinal fluid levels of estradiol, progesterone and testosterone in males

BMC Neuroscience

Table 1 Patient data

	Age	Operation	Estradiol		Progesterone		Testosterone
	Age	Operation	in serum	in CSF	in serum	in CSF	in serum	in CSF
1	62	TUR prostate	19.9	< 5.0	0.8	< 0.03	4.4	0.3
2	87	TUR bladder	39.6	< 5.0	0.3	< 0.03	6	0.2
3	79	TUR bladder	44.4	< 5.0	0.2	< 0.03	3.9	0.2
4	78	TUR bladder	43.7	< 5.0	0.6	< 0.03	14	0.4
5	79	TUR prostate	6.4	< 5.0	0.1	< 0.03	1	0.14
6	81	TUR bladder	23.5	< 5.0	0.2	<0.03	4.4	0.2
7	55	Metal removal leg	24.8	< 5.0	0.7	< 0.03	4	0.2
8	49	Testicle surgery	27.6	< 5.0	0.84	< 0.03	6.1	0.2
9	20	Knee arthroscopy	26.8	< 5.0	1.1	0.031	3.1	0.2
10	39	Knee arthroscopy	25.6	9.5	0.7	< 0.03	2.4	0.2
11	55	Osteosynthesis leg	31.7	6.4	0.3	< 0.03	6.8	0.22
12	83	TUR prostate	21.7	13.6	0.2	< 0.03	0.2	0.30
13	21	Osteosynthesis leg	36.9	< 5.0	0.8	0.03	6.5	0.2
14	88	TUR bladder	54.3	5.4	0.3	< 0.03	6.8	0.16
15	58	Knee arthroscopy	24.6	< 5.0	0.1	< 0.03	3.3	0.1
16	63	Knee prothesis	53.5	< 5.0	0.7	< 0.03	6.8	0.2
17	68	TUR prostate	17.5	< 5.0	0.5	0.08	4.3	0.2
18	45	TUR bladder	22.3	< 5.0	0.6	< 0.03	4.9	0.2
19	72	TUR bladder	24.8	< 5.0	0.5	< 0.03	4.2	0.1
20	65	TUR bladder	25.8	< 5.0	0.6	< 0.03	4.5	0.2
21	23	Metal removal leg	23	< 5.0	1	< 0.03	4.3	0.2
22	41	Metal removal leg	16.9	< 5.0	0.5	< 0.03	2.1	0.2