Table 3.

Association between sex hormone/SHBG levels and sICAM-1 (ng/ml) by treatment group

Hormones	Placebo		Estradiol
	β (SE) estimate*	p-value	β (SE) estimate*	p-value
Estrone (pg/ml)	−.06(0.11)	0.56	−.02(0.008)	0.05
Estradiol (pg/ml)	0.03(0.15)	0.84	−.12(0.04)	0.008
Free estradiol (pg/ml)	2.7(4.5)	0.55	−4.3(1.8)	0.02
Total testosterone (ng/dl)	0.35(0.31)	0.25	−.34(0.25)	0.16
Free testosterone (pg/ml)	0.90(1.9)	0.63	2.4(1.2)	0.04
Androstenedione (pg/ml)	0.006(0.091)	0.50	0.02(0.01)	0.19
DHEA (ng/ml)	−1.2(1.5)	0.40	5.0(2.6)	0.06
SHBG (nmol/L)	−.10(0.27)	0.72	−.17(0.07)	0.03

^*β estimates are from generalized estimating equations models, adjusted for age and BMI.