“…Serum samples were drawn in the morning (before 10 AM; 69% of the cohort) or around noon (between 10 AM and 3 PM, average 1 PM; 31% (27)(28)(29) was used to analyze DHEA (limit of detection, 0.20 ng/ml; intra-assay CV, 2.0%; interassay CV, 1.9%), testosterone (limit of detection, 0.05 ng/ml; intra-assay CV, 2.9%; interassay CV, 3.4%), and estradiol (limit of detection, 2.00 pg/ml; intra-assay CV, 1.5%; interassay CV, 2.7%) using a 50% phenyl-methyl polysiloxane (DB-17HT) capillary column (30-m  0.25-mm internal diameter; 0.15-mm film thickness) with helium as the carrier gas.…”