Table 2.

Hormonal Parameters According to Presence of Metabolic Syndrome in Older Men.

	Criteria for the Metabolic Syndrome
Hormones	< 3 (N=389)	≥3 (N=73)	P value*
Total Testosterone (ng/dL) means±SD	433 ± 129	399 ± 139	0.03
Free Testosterone (ng/dL)	3.8 (2.2)	4.2 (1.9)	0.22
Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (μg/dL)	66.4 (66.5)	71.1 (78.4)	.98
Sex hormone binding globulin (nmoL/L)	104.0 (62.2)	83.6 (41.6)	<0.001
Total Estradiol (pmol/L)	12.3 (6.5)	14.6 (6.8)	0.003
Free Estradiol (pmol/L)	0.54 (0.27)	0.72 (0.33)	<0.001

Values expressed as medians and interquartile range unless indicated otherwise.

^*Differences in parameters among patients with and without MS were tested using age-adjusted linear regression model.