Table 1 Hormone levels day 1 and day 4 after trauma

Cortisol morning

200-800

302 ± 30

494 ± 168

ns

(nmol/L)

Cortisol evening

50-600

355 ± 38

610 ± 222

ns

(nmol/L)

fT4

12-22

17.3 ± 0.6

13.8 ± 0.4

0.0001

(pmol/L)

fT3

3.1- 6.8

3.7 ± 0.1

2.8 ± 0.1

0.0001

(pmol/L)

TSH

0.27-4.20

0.9 ± 0.1

1.7 ± 0.3

0.03

(mlU/L)

Prolactin males

86-324

357 ± 25

409 ± 27

0.02

(mlU/L)

Prolactin females

102-496

571 ± 38

795 ± 75

0.02

(mlU/L)

SHBG males

14-48

22.1 ± 1.5

24.9 ± 2.0

ns

(nmol/L)

Testosterone males

9.4-37

4.9 ± 0.9

1.4 ± 0.2

0.002

(nmol/L)

f_c-Testosterone (pmol/L)

≥225

123 ± 24

31.8 ± 5.3

0.001

LH males

1.7-8.6

3.7 ± 1.0

2.7 ± 0.9

ns

(IU/L)

FSH males

1.5-12

4.6 ± 1.3

2.9 ± 1.1

0.003

(IU/L)

GH morning

-

16.0 ± 2.5

15.4 ± 2.8

ns

(mIU/L)

GH evening

-

19.2 ± 3.1

13.0 ± 1.9

0.05

(mIU/L)

IGF-1

Age dependent

126 ± 8.3

193 ± 11.1

0.0001

(μg/L)