Table 3.

Beta-coefficients and 95% CI for the association between maximal common cIMT, internal cIMT and sex hormone levels

Common Carotid Intimal-Medial Thickness (Units of beta are log-unit thicker IMT/per 1 log unit greater sex hormone level)
	Model 1 (adjusted for age and ethnicity) N=1947			Model 2 (Model 1 and adjustment for BMI) N=1947			Model 3 (Model 2 and adjustment for hypertension, diabetes, smoking, QUICKI, excluding insulin use) N=1871
	β -coeff	95% CI	p-value	P-coeff	95% CI	p-value	β -coeff	95% CI	p-value
Ln Testosterone	0.021	0.008 to 0.034	0.001	0.018	0.005 to 0.037	0.006	0.018	0.005 to 0.031	0.009
Ln Bioavailable Testosterone	0.027	0.015 to 0.038	<0.001	0.022	0.013 to 0.034	<0.001	0.019	0.007 to 0.032	0.002
Ln Estradiol	0.005	-0.008 to 0.018	0.446	-0.001	-0.14 to 0.012	0.848	-0.006	-0.019 to 0.007	0.389
Ln DHEA	0.003	-0.014 to 0.019	0.761	0.001	-0.15 to 0.017	0.913	-0.007	-0.024 to 0.010	0.398
Ln SHBG	-0.030	-0.048 to -0.12	0.001	-0.021	-0.040 to -0.003	0.026	-0.010	-0.030 to 0.011	0.342
Internal Carotid Intimal-Medial Thickness (Units of beta are log-unit thicker IMT/per 1 log unit greater sex hormone level)
	Model 1 (adjusted for age and ethnicity) N=1914			Model 2 (Model 1 and adjustment for BMI) N=1914			Model 3 (Model 2 and adjustment for hypertension, diabetes, smoking, QUICKI, excluding insulin use) N=1871
	β -coeff	95% CI	p-value	β -coeff	95% CI	p-value	β -coeff	95% CI	p-value
Ln Testosterone	0.041	0.009 to 0.073	0.013	0.038	0.006 to 0.070	0.020	0.038	0.005 to 0.071	0.022
Ln Bioavailable Testosterone	0.028	-0.000 to 0.056	0.053	0.024	-0.005 to 0.053	0.107	0.018	-0.013 to 0.048	0.255
Ln Estradiol	-0.003	-0.035 to 0.029	0.847	-0.009	-0.042 to 0.024	0.582	-0.019	-0.052 to 0.014	0.268
Ln DHEA	-0.025	-0.066 to 0.015	0.222	-0.027	-0.068 to 0.14	0.197	-0.043	-0.085 to 0.000	0.049
Ln SHBG	-0.006	-0.050 to 0.039	0.795	0.004	-0.043 to 0.051	0.859	0.031	-0.020 to 0.082	0.240