Table 3.
Plasma Glucose and Hormones Levels in Narcoleptic Patients With (Typical) or Without (Atypical) Clear-cut Cataplexy and HLA Positivity, and Controls.
| Plasma levels (norms) | Narcoleptic patients |
Controls | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typical | Atypical | All | ||
| Free Thyroxine (T4) pmol/L (10–25) | 13.4 (11.5–14.7) | 14.7 (13.2–16.4) | 13.9 (12.2–14.9) | 15.0 (13.6–15.8) |
| Thyroid Stimulating Hormone mUI/L (0.1–4) | 2.7 (1.9–3.8) | 2.1 (1.6–2.3) | 2.3 (1.7–3.2) | 2.3 (1.8–2.7) |
| Prolactin ng/mL (1.7–27) | 19.9 (16.9–22.3) | 23.7 (12.6–29) | 20.5 (14.8–28) | 10.7 (7.4–15)* |
| Follicle Stimulating Hormone mUI/mL (2–13) | 4.4 (1.9–11) | 7.6 (4.8–9.2) | 5.8 (3.3–10.3) | 7.1 (5.5–8.8) |
| Luteinizing Hormone mUI/mL (1–11) | 6.8 (3.6–10.4) | 5.3 (4.4–8) | 5.3 (4.1–9.9) | 4.6 (3.6–7.1) |
| Cortisol 8 am ng/mL (6–30) | 21.2 (19.5–24.2) | 15.7 (12.2–20.1) | 19.8 (13.5–22.6) | 22.8 (21.8–23.7) |
| Glucose mmol/L(3.9–5.8) | 4.7 (4.4–5.3) | 4.6 (4.6–5.1) | 4.7 (4.6–5.3) | 4.7 (4.4–4.9) |
*
P <0.05