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. 2008 Oct;31(10):2013–2017. doi: 10.2337/dc08-0851

Table 2.

Relationship of ethnicity to age, BMI, and hormone concentrations in type 2 diabetic men

Caucasian Hispanic African American
n 12 5 7
Age (years) 27.17 ± 1.32 31.78 ± 0.73* 26.28 ± 2
BMI (kg/m2) 41.08 ± 3.39 35.38 ± 2.72 36 ± 2.84
Total testosterone (nmol/l) 9.89 ± 1.63 11.36 ± 1.23 13.13 ± 1.65
SHBG (nmol/l) 16.99 ± 3.25 30.2 ± 6.12 16.21 ± 2.68
Free testosterone (nmol/l) 0.275 ± 0.028 0.215 ± 0.027 0.388 ± 0.032*
% hypogonadal 36 60 0

Data are means ± SD or percent, unless otherwise indicated.

*

P < 0.05 vs. Caucasian;

P < 0.05 vs. Hispanic.