. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2008 Aug 9;112(1-3):32–39. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2008.08.002

Table 6.

Pearson correlation between dietary components (g/d) and plasma, fecal or urinary sex hormones in premenopausal women

Variables	Total Kcal	Total Fat	Total CHO	Total Proteins	Total SFA	Total MUFA	Total PUFA	Fat/Fiber Ratio	Total Fibers
Plasma:
E1	0.283	0.409^**	−0.096	0.511	0.448^**	0.462^**	0.271	0.331^**	−0.052
E2	0.302^*	0.347^*	0.027	0.099	0.367^*	0.365^*	0.150	0.220	0.000
E1+E2	0.313^*	0.417^**	−0.051	0.102	0.450^**	0.456^**	0.236	0.298^*	−0.041
E1/E2 ratio	−0.061	0.067	−0.196	−0.031	0.093	0.116	0.165	0.130	−0.100
Androstenedione	−0.139	0.016	−0.180	−0.315^*	0.073	0.072	−0.189	0.111	−0.108
Testosterone	0.017	0.074	−0.120	−0.132	0.018	0.088	−0.200	0.157	−0.178
Free Testosterone	−0.052	−0.062	−0.052	−0.126	−0.092	−0.052	−0.288	0.068	−0.085
SHBG	0.040	0.169	−0.233	0.006	0.100	0.174	0.074	0.218	−0.254
DHEAS	0.058	0.112	−0.077	−0.130	0.146	0.211	0.039	0.120	−0.055
Feces:
E1	0.207	0.005	0.324^*	0.151	−0.061	−0.008	−0.052	−0.139	0.228
E2	0.173	−0.021	0.321^*	0.079	−0.089	−0.016	0.015	−0.193	0.226
E3	0.035	−0.075	0.157	0.007	−0.134	−0.068	−0.008	−0.205	0.087
Total estrogens	0.123	−0.070	0.293	0.072	−0.139	−0.071	−0.047	−0.207	0.204
Urine:
E1	0.237	0.256	0.050	0.052	0.233	0.259	−0.008	0.236	−0.086
E2	0.294	0.314^*	−0.063	0.261	0.341^*	0.324^*	−0.084	0.346^*	−0.230
E3	0.142	0.266	−0.294	0.267	0.336^*	0.273	−0.055	0.364^*	−0.470^**
E3-3G	0.167	0.382^*	−0.407^**	0.196	0.511^**	0.431^**	−0.007	0.445^*	−0.548^**
2-OHE1	0.336	0.401^*	0.028	0.159	0.312	0.412^*	0.145	0.161	−0.031
4-OHE1	0.057	0.033	0.117	0.021	−0.079	−0.034	0.024	−0.120	0.231
2-OHE2	0.561^**	0.591^**	0.039	0.420^*	0.588^**	0.597^**	0.066	0.389^*	−0.161
16α-OHE1	−0.038	0.237	−0.374^*	−0.146	0.366	0.113	0.007	0.267	−0.397^*
2-OHE1/4-OHE1	0.406^*	0.478^**	0.015	0.146	0.424^*	0.498^**	0.164	0.336	−0.171
2-OHE1/16α-OHE1	0.279	0.094	0.332	0.215	−0.054	0.039	0.027	−0.047	0.262
2-OHE1/E1	0.185	0.197	0.037	0.110	0.084	0.153	0.093	0.052	0.038
4-OHE1/E1	−0.251	−0.321	0.027	−0.038	−0.393^*	−0.396^*	−0.080	−0.329	0.245
16α-OHE1/E1	−0.247	0.017	−0.430^*	−0.215	0.137	0.060	0.032	0.103	−0.333
E3/16α-OHE1	0.339	0.058	0.296	0.554^**	0.011	0.031	−0.031	−0.039	0.128
2-OHE	0.399^*	0.460^*	0.032	0.222	0.385^*	0.470^*	0.135	0.217	−0.060
16-OHE	0.224	0.370^*	−0.294	0.308	0.514^**	0.439^*	0.005	0.301	−0.414^*
2-OHE/16α-OHE	−0.062	−0.134	0.191	−0.143	−0.226	−0.160	−0.131	−0.194	0.355
2-MeO-E1	0.253	0.243	0.134	0.093	0.181	0.247	0.070	0.043	0.067
15α-OHE1	−0.017	0.062	−0.169	−0.028	0.068	0.072	0.125	0.070	−0.168
16β-OHE1	0.088	0.395^*	−0.432^*	0.027	0.514^**	0.460^*	0.025	0.358	−0.438^*
16-ketoE2	0.102	0.302	−0.266	−0.027	0.389^*	0.372^*	0.081	0.306	−0.344
16-epiE3	0.185	0.385^*	−0.329	0.151	0.507^**	0.503^**	0.116	0.324	−0.356
17-epiE3	0.250	0.374^*	−0.151	0.184	0.325	0.373^*	0.194	0.132	−0.153
Total urinary estrogens	0.469^*	0.580^**	−0.088	0.323	0.599^**	0.634^**	0.101	0.351	−0.254

p ≤ 0.05

^**

p ≤ 0.01.

CHO = carbohydrates; SFA = saturated fatty acids; MUFA = mono-unsaturated fatty acids; PUFA = poly-unsaturated fatty acids.