Table 2.
An overview of the statistically significant negative correlations from various recent study results regarding the effects of endogenous androgen levels on carotid IMT measurements in women.
| Study | Subjects | DHEA-S | A | FT | TT |
| Bernini et al,1999 [7] | 101 women | SS | SS | SS | - |
| - 48 postmenopausal | - | SS | SS | - | |
| - 53 premenopausal | - | - | - | - | |
| Kiechl et al,2000 [9] | 379 women | - | |||
| Bernini et al, 2001 [10] | 44 postmenopausal women | - | SS | SS | - |
| Debing et al, 2007 [19] | 56 postmenopausal cases and 56 postmenopausal controls | - | SS | SS | SS |
| Golden et al, 2002 [20] | 182 postmenopausal cases and 182 postmenopausal controls | - | - | SS | |
| Montalcini et al, 2007 [21] | 101 non-obese postmenopausal women | SS |
DHEA-S = dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, A = androstenedione, FT = free testosterone, TT = total testosterone, SS = statistically significant, - = no correlation or not-statistically significant correlation