Table 1.

Various studies continue to support that endogenous androgen levels are inversely correlated with the progression of atherosclerosis.

	Androgen effects in men	Androgen effects in women
Coronary artery atherosclerosis	Negative correlation [8,27]
Carotid artery atherosclerosis	Negative correlation [12,14,22-25]	Negative correlation [7,10,19-21]
Aorta atherosclerosis	Negative correlation [13,26]	Positive correlation (largely diluted when adjusted for other cardiovascular risk factors) [13]
Peripheral vasculature atherosclerosis	Negative correlation [24]