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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006 Dec;54(12):1832–1838. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00963.x

Table 2.

Hormonal Parameters According to Presence of Metabolic Syndrome (MS) in Older Men

Criteria for MS
Parameter <3 (n =389) ≥(n =73) P-value*
Total testosterone, ng/dL, mean ±standard deviation 433 ±129 399 ±139 .03
Bioavailable testosterone, ng/dL, median (IQR) 86.6 (50.7) 98.3 (46.1) .17
Free testosterone, ng/dL, median (IQR) 3.8 (2.2) 4.2 (1.9) .22
Sex hormone binding globulin, nmoL/L, median (IQR) 104.0 (62.2) 83.6 (41.6) <.001
Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate, μg/dL, median (IQR) 66.4 (66.5) 71.1 (78.4) .98
Cortisol, nmol/L, median (IQR) 356.4 (183.2) 349.9 (184.6) .16
Insulin-like growth factor-1, ng/mL, median (IQR) 124.8 (68.3) 132.0 (69.4) .13
Leptin, ng/mL, median (IQR) 4.2 (5.1) 8.6 (6.6) <.001
*

Differences in parameters between patients with and without MS were tested using age adjusted analysis of covariance.

IQR =interquartile range.