Is androgen production in association with immune system activation potential evidence for existence of a functional adrenal/ovarian autoimmune system in women?

Table 1 Patient characteristics of controls, POA/OPOI and DOR patients

	POA/OPOI	DOR	Controls	P value (Sidak test)
N	135	155	32
Age (years)	34.5 ± 3.2^1,2	43.2 ± 2.4^1,3	33.1 ± 3.7^2,3	¹0.001, ²0.04, ³0.001
BMI (kg/m²)	24.0 ± 4.8	24.3 ± 5.0	22.0 ± 5.5
FSH (mIU/mL)	13.4 ± 14.2^4,5	17.8 ± 13.1^4,6	6.3 ± 2.5^5,6	⁴0.02, ⁵0.02, ⁶0.001
AMH (ng/mL)	0.9 ± 1.1^7,8	0.3 ± 0.3^7,9	3.3 ± 2.1^8,9	⁷0.001, ⁸0.001, ⁹0.001
*Race* n (%)
Caucasian	90 (66.7)	119 (76.8)	19 (59.4)
African	16 (11.9)	18 (11.6)	4 (12.5)
Asian	29 (21.5)	18 (11.6)	9 (28.1)

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