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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 10.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Aug 20;18(3):604–610. doi: 10.1038/oby.2009.251

Table 2.

Risk factor correlations with visceral fat and bioavailable testosterone: unadjusted and adjusted for % body fat

IAF Bioavailable testosterone


Variable Unadjusted Adjusted for % body fat Unadjusted Adjusted for % body fat
% Body fat 0.644*** 0.250***
White 0.045 −0.115* 0.001 −0.057
Depression (CES-D) 0.092 0.117* −0.100* −0.115*
Smoking 0.081 0.121* 0.007 0.002
Unmarried −0.017 −0.032 −0.089 −0.103*
Education ≤high school 0.074 0.076 0.020 0.025
Income −0.030 −0.045 0.034 0.043
Age 0.273*** 0.183*** 0.139** 0.091
Framingham risk score 0.435*** 0.350*** 0.205*** 0.163***
Insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) 0.514*** 0.258*** 0.405*** 0.192***
Physical activity (KPAS) −0.244*** −0.117* −0.033 0.026
Estradiol −0.117* −0.111* −0.033 −0.014
Testosterone 0.088 0.062 0.623*** 0.633***
SHBG −0.460*** −0.378*** −0.745*** −0.721***
Bioavailable testosterone 0.420*** 0.345***

CES-D, Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance; KPAS, Kaiser Physical Activity Survey.

*

P ≤ 0.05,

**

P ≤ 0.01,

***

P ≤ 0.001.