Table 4.
Adjusteda Associations of Testosterone Quartiles With All-Cause Mortality and Coronary Heart Disease Mortality
| Testosterone Level | All-Cause Mortality (347 events) |
CHD Mortality (29 events) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazard Ratio (95% CI) | P Value | Hazard Ratio (95% CI) | P Value | |
| Quartile 1 | 0.96 (0.70–1.34) | .82 | 1.36 (0.45–4.08) | .59 |
| Quartile 2 | 0.99 (0.72–1.35) | .93 | 1.26 (0.43–3.70) | .67 |
| Quartile 3 | 1.00 (0.74–1.35) | .99 | 0.57 (0.16–1.99) | .38 |
| Quartile 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | ||
Cut points for testosterone: quartile 1 ≤288.4 ng/dL, quartile 2 = 288.5–377.6 ng/dL, quartile 3 = 377.7–480.1 ng/dL, quartile 4 ≥480.2 ng/dL.
a
Multivariable models adjusted for age, race/center, BMI, waist circumference, cigarette smoking, diabetes, hypertension, and LDL and HDL cholesterol.