Table 3.

Correlation coefficients of age and several serum components with levels of BT and with significantly age-correlated cognitive and physical measures

Variable	BT					Waist/hip ratio	Physical measures
		Cognitive measures					Balance		Grip
		RVDLT	RAVLT	Animal naming	Folstein		Eyes closed right	Eyes closed left	Right hand	Left hand
Age	−0.77	−0.71	−0.56	−0.56	−0.37	−0.65	−0.45	−0.56	−0.50	−0.44
BT	—	0.53	0.52	0.45	0.34	0.46	0.45	0.45	0.44	0.33
DHEAS	0.68	0.49	0.47	0.33	0.34	0.39	0.10	0.25	0.31	0.25
IGF-1/GH	0.38	0.47	0.43	0.30	0.20	0.19	0.42	0.41	0.32	0.11
DHEA	0.60	0.47	0.41	0.28	0.26	0.39	0.11	0.17	0.37	0.18
AD	0.68	0.44	0.42	0.24	0.30	0.37	0.13	0.24	0.36	0.34
PS	0.44	0.34	0.37	0.19	0.35	0.37	0.05	0.03	0.30	0.28

The cognitive and physical measures are described briefly under Materials and Methods and references are given therein. Bold type, P < 0.01. AD, androstenedione; RVDLT, Rey Visual Design Learning Test; RAVLT, Rey Auditory Verbal Test.