Figures & data
Table I. Analytical specificity and cross reactivity in different matrices
Figure 1. Correlation of chemiluminescence immunoassay (LIA) salivary testosterone with GC-MS performed in Professor Siekmann's Reference Laboratory, Bonn.
Table II. Characteristics of the study groups (median and 10–90th percentiles)
Table III. Diurnal patterns of free salivary testosterone (fT) in healthy and androgen-deficient men (median and 10–90th percentiles) (testosterone levels in pmol/L)
Figure 2. Diurnal patterns of salivary testosterone in healthy men.
Figure 3. Comparison of individual values of mean morning saliva testosterone (T) and blood calculated free testosterone (cfT) in healthy men.
Figure 4. Mean levels of morning salivary testosterone (T) and blood calculated free testosterone (cfT) in healthy men.
Figure 5. Relationship between calculated morning free testosterone (fT) in blood and average morning salivary testosterone (T) in healthy men.
Figure 6. Repeatability of salivary testosterone (T) measurement over five consecutive weeks (one sample a week) in healthy men.
Figure 7. Intra-individual variations of salivary testosterone levels in four healthy men over five weeks (one sample a week).
Figure 8. Diurnal patterns of salivary testosterone in androgen-deficient men.
Figure 9. Comparison of mean levels of morning salivary free testosterone (fT) in healthy men and androgen-deficient men.
Figure 10. Comparison of individual values of mean morning saliva free T (fT) and blood calculated fT in blood.
Figure 11. Mean levels of morning salivary testosterone (T) and blood calculated free testosterone (cfT) in severely androgen-deficient men.
Figure 12. Diurnal patterns of salivary testosterone (T) in a transsexual woman before and one week after Sustanon administration.
