Table 2.

Associations between total testosterone (T), oestradiol (E2), dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and free androgen index (FAI). All data were analysed as log transformed data and are presented as Pearson correlation coefficients (R) and the number of observations (n) in parenthese

	All Women
	Age	Total T	SHBG	FAI	DHEAS	E2
Age		-0.069 (240)	-0.038 (240)	-0.067 (240)	-0.163 (244)^*	-0.138 (243)^*
Total T	-0.069 (240)		-0.423 (240)^**	0.923 (240)^**	0.493 (240)^**	0.087 (239)
SHBG	-0.038 (240)	-0.423 (240)^**		-0.741 (240)^**	-0.260 (240)^**	0.159 (239)^*
FAI	-0.067 (240)	0.923 (240)^**	-0.741 (240)^**		0.476 (240)^**	-0.004 (239)
DHEAS	-0.163 (244)^*	0.493 (240)^**	-0.260 (240)^**	0.476 (240)^**		0.163 (243)^*
E2	-0.138 (243)^*	0.087 (239)	0.159 (239)^*	-0.004 (239)	0.163 (243)^*

	Non-Menopausal (=Non- or Peri-menopausal)

	Age	Total T	SHBG	FAI	DHEAS	E2
Age		-0.008 (61)	-0.033 (61)	-0.015 (61)	-0.237 (64)	-0.189 (63)
Total T	-0.008 (61)		-0.38 (61)^**	0.903 (61)^**	0.543 (61)^**	0.179 (60)
SHBG	-0.033 (61)	-0.38 (61)^**		-0.532 (61)^**	-0.414 (61)^**	0.183 (60)
FAI	-0.015 (61)	0.903 (61)^**	-0.532 (61)^**		0.607 (61)^**	0.085 (60)
DHEAS	-0.237 (64)	0.543 (61)^**	-0.414 (61)^**	0.607 (61)^**		0.058 (63)
E2	-0.189 (63)	0.179 (60)	0.183 (60)	0.085 (60)	0.058 (63)

	Menopausal (=Yes or Hysterectomy)

	Age	Total T	SHBG	FAI	DHEAS	E2
Age		0.048 (179)	0.006 (179)	0.052 (179)	-0.111 (180)	-0.146 (180)
Total T	0.048 (179)		-0.286 (179)^**	0.808 (179)^**	0.346 (179)^**	-0.102 (179)
SHBG	0.006 (179)	-0.286 (179)^**		-0.546 (179)^**	-0.213 (179)^**	0.494 (179)^**
FAI	0.052 (179)	0.808 (179)^**	-0.546 (179)^**		0.390 (179)^**	-0.160 (179)^*
DHEAS	-0.111 (180)	0.346 (179)^**	-0.213 (179)^**	0.390 (179)^**		-0.066 (180)
E2	-0.146 (180)	-0.102 (179)	0.494 (179)^**	-0.160 (179)^*	-0.066 (180)

P < 0.05,

^**

P < 0.01.