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Table 4 Urinary steroid profilea

From: Premature baby with extreme hyponatraemia (95 mmol per litre): a case report

Steroid

Day 0, serum

Day 3, serum

Mean (SD), (n = 16)

Na = 109 mM

Na = 135 mM

3β-Hydroxy-5-ene steroids (microgram per 100 ml)

16α–Hydroxy DHA

335

32

303 (291)

16β–Hydroxy DHA

11

6

149 (111)

16-oxoandrostenediol + 15β,16α-Dihydroxy DHA

330

99

263 (254)

5-androstene-3β,16α,17β-triol

116

27

199 (142)

16α,18-Dihydroxy DHA

119

75

426 (341)

16α-Hydroxypregnenolone

385

3

427 (380)

5-Androstene-3β,16α,17β,18-tetrol

48

18

49 (27)

5-Androstene-3β,15β,16α,17β-tetrol

97

41

82 (62)

5-Androstene-3β,15α,16β,17β-tetrol

53

20

40 (23)

5-Pregnene-3β,16α,20α,21-tetrol

18

5

24 (15)

Cortisol metabolites (microgram per 100 ml)

Tetrahydrocortisone

166

56

108 (85)

α-Cortolone

4

1

32 (53)

β-Cortolone

33

6

20 (17)

1β-Hydroxytetrohydrocortisone

4

2

21 (18)

1β-Hydroxy-β-Cortolone

38

14

25 (22)

6α-Hydroxytetrahydrocortisone

22

16

86 (78)

6α-Hydroxy-α-cortolone

27

10

12 (8)

6α-Hydroxy-β-cortolone

154

67

45 (40)

  1. aall measurements were done at Steroid Profiling Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, King’s College Hospital, London, UK, which also provided the mean and standard deviations (SD) based on 16 controls for reference