Table 6.

Linking androgen levels with obesity and body fat distribution

	BMI		WHR		BF
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
DHEA	↓ [13,34]		↓ [34]
DHEA-S	↓ [34]	- [13] ↓ [10]	- [13] ↓ [34]	- [10] ↓ [13]
A		↓ [10]		↓ [10]
FT	↓ [22]	- [10]		- [10]	↓ [22]
TT	↓ [8,11–13,25]	- [10] ↓ [13]	- [13]	- [10,13]	↓ [11]
FAI	↓ [11]			↑ [37]	↓ [11]

BMI = Body Mass Index, WHR = Waist-to-Hip Ratio, BF = Body Fat mass, DHEA = dehydroepiandrosterone, DHEA-S = dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, A = androstenedione, FT = free testosterone, TT = total testosterone, FAI = free androgen index, ↑ = positive correlation, ↓ = negative correlation, - = no correlation or not statistically significant correlation