Table 3. The correlations between hormone levels and age, anthropometric measurements and other laboratory findings.
| Variable | Correlations with FSH | Correlations with LH | Correlations with estradiol | Correlations with progesterone |
Correlations with testosterone | Correlation with SHBG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.19*** | 0.03 | -0.14** | -0.004 | -0.22**** | -0.10* | |
| Anthropometric measurements | |||||||
| BMI | -0.06 | -0.09 | -0.01 | 0.01 | -0.41**** | -0.46**** | |
| WHR | 0.08 | -0.01 | -0.04 | 0.18*** | -0.26**** | -0.29**** | |
| Other laboratory findings | |||||||
| Total cholesterol | 0.06 | -0.07 | -0.15** | -0.02 | -0.21**** | -0.20**** | |
| LDL-C | 0.03 | -0.09 | -0.12* | 0.03 | -0.20**** | -0.24**** | |
| Apolipoprotein B | 0.03 | -0.09 | -0.14** | -0.09 | -0.26**** | -0.26**** | |
| HDL-C | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.26**** | 0.34**** | |
| Apolipoprotein A1 | 0.08 | 0.05 | -0.04 | 0.06 | 0.11* | 0.13** | |
| HDL [%] | -0.01 | 0.06 | 0.15** | 0.02 | 0.33**** | 0.39**** | |
| Triglycerides | 0.01 | -0.05 | -0.10* | 0.02 | -0.36**** | -0.48**** | |
| Lp(a) | 0.01 | 0.07 | -0.05 | -0.03 | -0.09 | -0.09 | |
| hsCRP | 0.06 | -0.01 | -0.04 | 0.02 | -0.30**** | -0.29**** | |
| Glucose | 0.07 | 0.05 | -0.17*** | 0.14** | -0.16** | -0.15** | |
| HbA1c | -0.07 | -0.07 | -0.01 | 0.24**** | -0.21**** | -0.21**** | |
| Uric acid | 0.02 | -0.05 | -0.01 | -0.05 | -0.28**** | -0.36 | |
| Fibrinogen | -0.01 | -0.04 | -0.06 | 0.07 | -0.22**** | -0.19**** | |
| Albumin | -0.02 | -0.03 | -0.10* | -0.07 | 0.02 | 0.15** | |
p-value
*<0.05
** <0.01
*** <0.001
****<0.0001.
Abbreviations: BMI–body mass index; FSH–follicle-stimulating hormone; HDL-C–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; hsCRP–high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; LDL-C–low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LH—luteinizing hormone; Lp(a)–lipoprotein(a); SHBG–sex hormone binding globulin; WC–waist circumference; WHR–waist-to-hip ratio.