Table 4.

Significant Partial Correlations of Sex Hormones, Insulin, and Risk Factors for Myocardial Infarction in 20 Healthy Postmenopausal Women

	Controlled for age		Controlled for age and VAT
	r	P	r	P
FT – triglyceride	.67	.002	.53	.023
Calculated FT – triglyceride	.58	.009	.40	.097
FT – HDL-cholesterol	−.45	.056	−.27	.275
Calculated FT – HDL-cholesterol	−.46	.054	−.29	.251
TT – insulin	.51	.026	.36	.145
FT – insulin	.69	.001	.56	.015
Calculated FT – insulin	.62	.005	.45	.063
Insulin – triglyceride	.45	.053	.18	.470
Insulin – glucose	.52	.023	.43	.074

Abbreviations: FT, free testosterone; TT, total testosterone; HDL-cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol, VAT, visceral adipose tissue