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. 2012 Aug 14;97(11):4051–4060. doi: 10.1210/jc.2012-2117

Table 3.

The association (standardized β-coefficient) between race/ethnicity and changes in sex hormone value between baseline and year 1 follow-up

Among women not using estrogen therapy
Among women using estrogen therapy
Hispanics vs. NHW AA vs. NHW Hispanics vs. NHW AA vs. NHW
Unadjusted
    Log SHBG 0.08 −0.04 −0.01 0
    Log total E2 0.04 0.13 −0.21 0.01
    Log bioE2 0.02 0.13 −0.15 0.01
    Log total T 0.17 0.07 −0.07 0.06
    Log bioT 0.14 0.08 −0.05 0.06
    Log DHEA 0.06 0.08 −0.06 0.04
Adjusted for randomization arm
    Log SHBG 0.07 −0.04 −0.01 0.01
    Log total E2 0.05 0.13 −0.20 −0.02
    Log bioE2 0.03 0.14 −0.15 −0.02
    Log total T 0.16 0.06 −0.07 0.06
    Log bioT 0.14 0.07 −0.04 0.05
    Log DHEA 0.06 0.09 −0.06 0.06
Adjusted for above, age, and type of menopause
    Log SHBG 0.08 −0.04 −0.05 −0.01
    Log total E2 0.11 0.20 −0.18 −0.02
    Log bioE2 0.09 0.22a −0.08 0
    Log total T 0.21 0.05 −0.16 0.01
    Log bioT 0.18 0.08 −0.10 0.02
    Log DHEA 0.05 0.08 −0.02 0.02
Adjusted for above and baseline and change in waist circumference
    Log SHBG 0.07 −0.05 −0.05 −0.03
    Log total E2 0.15 0.22a −0.16 0
    Log bioE2 0.14 0.24a −0.05 0.03
    Log total T 0.23 0.06 −0.18 0.02
    Log bioT 0.20 0.09 −0.13 0.03
    Log DHEA 0.06 0.08 0 0.02
Adjusted for above and alcohol use and current smoking
    Log SHBG 0.07 −0.02 −0.06 −0.05
    Log total E2 0.15 0.29b −0.12 0.04
    Log bioE2 0.14 0.29b 0 0.08
    Log total T 0.22 −0.02 −0.23 0
    Log bioT 0.22 0.07 −0.17 0.03
    Log DHEA 0.03 0.08 −0.04 0.01

Reference group is NHW. A β-coefficient greater than 0 indicates that the changes in sex hormone are smaller in that racial/ethnic group compared with NHW.

a

P ≤ 0.05.

b

P ≤ 0.01.