Table 4.

Analysis of Pearson’s correlations between the levels of biochemical parameters and hormones in serum and prostate tissue homogenates in BPH patients

Parameters			Age	BMI	WC	TG	TC	HDL	LDL	FPG
DHEAS	Serum	R	−0.030	−0.116	−0.014	0.089	0.114	−0.056	0.108	0.078
		p	0.717	0.152	0.861	0.271	0.161	0.491	0.187	0.338
	Tissue	R	−0.017	0.011	0.112	0.063	−0.036	−0.138	−0.020	0.139
		p	0.844	0.901	0.203	0.472	0.679	0.115	0.823	0.111
E2	Serum	R	−0.071	0.014	0.066	−0.005	−0.077	0.040	−0.096	−0.048
		p	0.384	0.868	0.417	0.954	0.341	0.620	0.242	0.557
	Tissue	R	0.003	0.114	0.198*	0.043	−0.048	−0.106	−0.022	0.088
		p	0.975	0.195	0.023	0.626	0.584	0.226	0.805	0.318
SHBG	Serum	R	0.090	−0.150	−0.202	−0.217	0.065	0.116	0.120	−0.109
		p	0.267	0.065	0.012*	0.007*	0.425	0.153	0.141	0.177
	Tissue	R	−0.059	0.098	0.002	−0.079	−0.187	−0.128	−0.124	0.099
		p	0.505	0.265	0.979	0.371	0.032*	0.144	0.163	0.261
LH	Serum	R	0.167	0.103	−0.053	−0.089	−0.109	0.029	−0.109	0.299
		p	0.040*	0.204	0.517	0.270	0.177	0.717	0.181	0.001*
	Tissue	R	−0.025	0.128	−0.118	−0.127	−0.110	−0.103	−0.029	0.149
		p	0.790	0.176	0.212	0.176	0.241	0.272	0.758	0.112
TT	Serum	R	−0.024	−0.103	−0.048	−0.062	0.113	0.128	0.106	−0.160
		p	0.772	0.204	0.556	0.448	0.164	0.113	0.195	0.047*
	Tissue	R	−0.010	0.002	−0.079	−0.053	−0.091	−0.065	−0.037	−0.032
		p	0.910	0.980	0.372	0.545	0.298	0.456	0.675	0.716
TF	Serum	R	−0.071	−0.097	−0.011	0.148	0.201	0.026	0.131	−0.026
		p	0.386	0.234	0.892	0.067	0.012*	0.750	0.109	0.750
	Tissue	R	−0.026	−0.014	−0.087	0.001	−0.081	−0.102	−0.033	0.004
		p	0.774	0.873	0.333	0.992	0.366	0.254	0.716	0.963
IGF-1	Serum	R	−0.017	0.027	0.047	0.046	0.102	0.004	0.095	−0.026
		p	0.831	0.736	0.566	0.571	0.210	0.964	0.244	0.752
	Tissue	R	−0.089	0.074	−0.013	−0.030	−0.107	−0.107	−0.051	−0.011
		p	0.325	0.416	0.888	0.744	0.237	0.237	0.579	0.903
I	Serum	R	0.292	0.243	0.199	0.209	0.044	−0.068	−0.003	0.214
		p	0.001*	0.006*	0.026*	0.019*	0.623	0.451	0.973	0.016*
	Tissue	R	−0.029	0.008	0.110	0.076	0.117	−0.094	0.145	0.110
		p	0.752	0.935	0.231	0.410	0.203	0.303	0.114	0.229

Note: p, statistical significance; R, correlation coefficient;

^*statistically significant parameter (Pearson’s correlations).

Abbreviations: BPH, benign prostatic hyperplasia; WC, waist circumference; BMI, body mass index; TG, triglyceride; TC, total cholesterol; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; DHEAS, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; E2, estradiol; SHBG, sex hormone binding globulin; LH, luteinizing hormone; TT, total testosterone; TF, free testosterone; IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor-1; I, insulin.