Table 3.

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 men.

Study	Subjects	DHEA	DHEA-S	FT	TT
Kiechl et al, 2000 [9]	371 men		-
Van de Beld et al, 2003 [12]	403 elderly men	-	-		SS
	- 139 with CVD	-	-		SS
	- 263 without CVD	-	-		SS
Muller et al, 2004 [14]	195 elderly men			SS	-
De Pergola et al, 2003 [22]	127 overweight and obese young men			SS
Makinen et al, 2005 [23]	96 andropausal and 140 normal elderly men				SS
Yang et al, 2005 [24]	70 elderly men (38 cases and 32 controls)			SS	-
Svartberg et al, 2006 [25]	1482 men with or without CVD		-	-	SS

DHEA = dehydroepiandrosterone, DHEA-S = dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, FT = free testosterone, TT = total testosterone, SS = statistically significant, - = no correlation or not-statistically significant correlation