Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of 229 normotensive adults by sex and extreme quartiles (Q1, Q4) of sex hormones

	Men (n=106)						Women (n=123)
	DHEAS		Testosterone		SHBG		DHEAS		Testosterone		SHBG
Characteristics	Q1	Q4	Q1	Q4	Q1	Q4	Q1	Q4	Q1	Q4	Q1	Q4
Demographics
Age (years)	66 ± 5	59 ± 5	63 ± 8	64 ± 6	61 ± 7	64 ± 7	66 ± 7	63 ± 5	64 ± 7	65 ± 6	64 ± 6	65 ± 6
Black, %	33	50	42	23	50	15	34	52	57	56	47	48
Sex Hormones
DHEAS (μg/dL)*	62 ± 23	282 ± 86	149 ± 113	123 ± 47	160 ± 101	146 ± 104	35 ± 12	170 ± 44	57 ± 37	120 ± 69	106 ± 55	69 ± 39
Testosterone (ng/dL)*	570 ± 254	563 ± 238	313 ± 78	931 ± 155	388 ± 128	845 ± 231	21 ± 11	35 ± 14	14 ± 2	51 ± 29	28 ± 12	29 ± 15
SHBG (nmol/L)*	54 ± 18	48 ± 19	37 ± 14	73 ± 17	28 ± 5	80 ± 12	90 ± 37	61 ± 29	79 ± 39	77 ± 37	35 ± 8	129 ± 26
Behavioral/Lifestyle risk factors
BMI (kg/m2)	30 ± 7	29 ± 5	31 ± 7	25 ± 3	30 ± 5	25 ± 3	27 ± 6	27 ± 5	28 ± 7	28 ± 7	31 ± 8	25 ± 5
Current smoking	7	12	8	8	8	12	10	6	7	9	17	10
Hormone therapy	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	4	9	7	10
Alcohol use†, %	70	80	69	73	73	69	55	61	64	52	48	61
Fruit/vegetables‡	3.2 ± 2.3	3.2 ± 3.1	2.8 ± 1.8	3.9 ± 2.5	2.6 ± 1.7	3.8 ± 2.4	3.8 ± 2.6	3.7 ± 2.9	3.7 ± 2.5	3.4 ± 2.8	3.4 ± 2.5	4.9 ± 3.4

DHEAS: dehydroepiandrosterone; TT: total testosterone, SHBG: sex hormone binding globulin

Descriptive statistics for continuous variables are mean ± SD or median (min-max) and relative frequencies for categorical variables.

Bolded values indicated significant differences across extreme quartiles, based on t-test or Chi-square tests as appropriate (p<0.05)

^*Geometric mean;

^†>1 serving/week;

^‡Servings/day