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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Jul 8;27(4):481–500. doi: 10.1016/j.beem.2013.05.013

Table 2.

CHD risk factors by total and bioavailable testosterone in men and women*

Risk Factor Men (n= 834) Women (n= 638)
Total T** BioT** Total T** BioT**
Age -- −0.46 0.13 --
BMI −0.28 -- -- 0.19
Waist −.029 -- -- 0.18
Total Chol -- -- -- 0.17
LDL -- -- -- 0.14
HDL* 0.23 -- 0.20 --
Triglycerides* −0.34 -- −0.15 --
SBP −0.10 -- -- --
DBP −0.13 -- 0.13 0.16
HOMA IR* −0.24 -- -- --
*

Only correlations of 0.13+ are shown.

**

Log-transformed for analysis, age-adjusted, all P≤ 0.01

CHD (coronary heart disease); HDL (high-density lipoprotein) ; LDL (low density lipoprotein); Total Chol (cholesterol); Total T (total testosterone); bio T (bioavailable testosterone); SBP (systolic blood pressure), DBP (diastolic blood pressure); HOMA IR (homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance)

Adapted from G.A. Laughlin, PhD, University of California, San Diego, cited in [42]