TABLE 2.

Poisson regression models for the association of serum total testosterone and DHEAS levels at baseline with incident MetS at follow-up

	Unadjusted RR (95% CI)				Adjusted RR (95% CI)*
	All men	20–39 years of age	40–59 years of age	60–79 years of age	All men	20–39 years of age	40–59 years of age	60–79 years of age
Quartiles of total total testosterone	n = 1,004	361	367	276	1,004	361	367	276
<25th	1.52 (1.25–1.85)§	2.50 (1.58–3.96)§	1.41 (1.06–1.89)†	1.15 (0.86–1.54)	1.38 (1.13–1.69)‡	2.06 (1.29–3.29)‡	1.34 (1.00–1.81)†	1.00 (0.75–1.37)
25–50th	1.41 (1.15–1.72)‡	2.20 (1.38–3.53)‡	1.30 (0.96–1.75)	1.13 (0.84–1.52)	1.43 (1.18–1.75)§	2.05 (1.27–3.31)‡	1.31 (0.96–1.78)	1.00 (0.74–1.35)
50–75th	1.14 (0.92–1.42)	1.38 (0.82–2.34)	1.04 (0.75–1.45)	1.15 (0.86–1.54)	1.10 (0.89–1.36)	1.27 (0.77–2.11)	1.03 (0.74–1.43)	1.10 (0.83–1.48)
>75th	1.00 (ref.)	1.00 (ref.)	1.00 (ref.)	1.00 (ref.)	1.00 (ref.)	1.00 (ref.)	1.00 (ref.)	1.00 (ref.)
P for trend	<0.001	<0.001	0.020	0.397	<0.001	<0.001	0.041	0.912
Quartiles of DHEAS
<25th	1.38 (1.16–1.65)§	0.89 (0.61–1.30)	1.06 (0.79–1.40)	1.20 (0.82–1.47)	0.99 (0.83–1.19)	0.82 (0.55–1.23)	1.03 (0.75–1.40)	1.13 (0.84–1.52)
25–50th	1.23 (1.02–1.47)†	0.74 (0.49–1.11)	1.09 (0.82–1.44)	1.18 (0.88–1.59)	1.01 (0.84–1.21)	0.70 (0.47–1.04)	1.09 (0.82–1.46)	1.17 (0.87–1.57)
50–75th	0.98 (0.80–1.19)	1.00 (0.70–1.43)	0.98 (0.72–1.32)	1.06 (0.77–1.46)	1.02 (0.85–1.22)	0.98 (0.70–1.38)	0.96 (0.71–1.30)	1.09 (0.80–1.50)
>75th	1.00 (ref.)	1.00 (ref.)	1.00 (ref.)	1.00 (ref.)	1.00 (ref.)	1.00 (ref.)	1.00 (ref.)	1.00 (ref.)
P for trend	<0.001	0.588	0.470	0.018	0.812	0.317	0.536	0.053

*Adjusted for age, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, waist circumference, self-related health, and blood sampling time.

†P < 0.05;

‡P < 0.01;

§P < 0.00.