Table 3.
Abdominal Fat Correlates With Serum Androgenic and Metabolic Levels
| SC Abdominal Adipose (kg) |
Intra-abdominal Adipose (kg) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pearson Correlation Adjusted for BMI | P Value | Pearson Correlation Adjusted for BMI | P Value | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | — | — | — | — |
| Waist (cm) | 0.33 | .18 | 0.52 | .03 |
| Total T (ng/dl) | 0.33 | .19 | 0.51 | .03 |
| Free T (pg/ml) | 0.43 | .07 | 0.52 | .03 |
| A4 (ng/dl) | 0.14 | .57 | 0.57 | .02 |
| Fasting insulin (μU/ml) | 0.27 | .29 | 0.56 | .02 |
| Log TG (mg/dl) | 0.20 | .42 | 0.51 | .03 |
| Non-HDL-C (mg/dl) | 0.26 | .29 | 0.59 | .01 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | 0.19 | .44 | 0.50 | .03 |
| Total body fat (kg) | 0.85 | <.001 | 0.37 | .13 |
| % Total body fat | 0.66 | .003 | 0.23 | .36 |
| Android fat mass (kg) | 0.78 | <.001 | 0.69 | .002 |
| % Android fat/total body fat | 0.50 | .04 | 0.63 | .005 |
| Gynoid fat mass (kg) | 0.69 | .001 | 0.03 | .91 |
Abbreviations: A4, androstenedione; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; BMI, body mass index; TG, triglycerides. Boldface P values indicate significant correlations.