A normative model of serum inhibin B in young males
Abstract
Inhibin B has been identified as a potential marker of Sertoli cell function in males. The aim of this study is to produce a normative model of serum inhibin B in males from birth to seventeen years. We used a well-defined search strategy to identify studies containing data that can contribute to a larger approximation of the healthy population. We combined data from four published studies (n = 709) and derived an internally validated model with high goodness-of-fit and normally distributed residuals. Our results show that inhibin B increases following birth to a post-natal peak of 270 pg/mL (IQR 210–335 pg/mL) and then decreases during childhood followed by a rise at around 8 years, peaking at a mean 305 pg/mL (IQR 240–445 pg/mL) at around age 17. Following this peak there is a slow decline to the standard mature adult normal range of 170 pg/mL (IQR 125–215 pg/mL). This normative model suggests that 35% of the variation in Inhibin B levels in young males is due to age alone, provides an age-specific reference range for inhibin B in the young healthy male population, and will be a powerful tool in evaluating the potential of inhibin B as a marker of Sertoli cell function in pre-pubertal boys.
Citation
Kelsey , T W , Miles , A , Mitchell , R T , Anderson , R & Wallace , W H B 2016 , ' A normative model of serum inhibin B in young males ' , PLoS One , vol. 11 , no. 4 , e0153843 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153843
Publication
PLoS One
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1932-6203Type
Journal article
Description
RTM is supported by a Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellowship (Grant No: 098522).Collections
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