Table 4. Correlation among anthropometrics (age. weight. height. BMI).

Pubertal development Scale (PDS). and hormonal (sC. sT. sDHEAS. sT/sC ratio and sDHEAS/sC ratio) parameters before the “pre-season” evaluation in all subjects and in a single team (LF and AL).

Category	Variables	sC	sT	DHEAS	sT/sC ratio	sDHEAS/sC ratio	Weight	Height	BMI	PDS
LF	sC	1
	sT	0.04	1
	DHEAS	0.34	-0.19	1
	sT/sC ratio	-0.75**	-0.55*	-0.39	1
	sDHEAS/sC ratio	-0.68**	-0.17	0.41	0.40	1
	Weight	0.39	-0.28	0.18	-0.49	-0.11	1
	Height	0.48	-0.23	0.14	-0.58*	-0.31	0.91**	1
	BMI	0.28	-0.30	0.27	-0.48	0.002	0.95**	0.79**	1
	PDS	0.33	-0.9	0.40	-0.29	0.01	0.63*	0.49	0.69**	1
AL	sC	1
	sT	-0.17	1
	DHEAS	0.32	0.30	1
	sT/sC ratio	-0.84	0.63**	-0.14	1
	sDHEAS/sC ratio	-0.610**	0.37	0.52*	0.62**	1
	Weight	0.06	0.04	0.16	0.03	0.21	1
	Height	0.06	0.11	0.90	0.01	0.09	0.78**	1
	BMI	-0.002	-0.08	0.03	0.09	0.17	0.68**	0.13	1
	PDS	-0.34	0.44	-0.39	0.51*	-0.003	0.17	0.34	0.03	1
All subjects	sC	1
	sT	0.63	1
	DHEAS	0.19	0.26	1
	sT/sC ratio	-0.78**	0.53**	-0.20	1
	sDHEAS/sC ratio	-0.751**	-0.01	0.45**	0.59**	1
	Weight	0.21	-0.15	0.13	-0.27	-0.04	1
	Height	0.29	-0.04	0.88	-0.26	-0.16	0.87**	1
	BMI	0.08	-0.19	0.10	-0.18	0.02	0.81**	0.46*	1
	PDS	0.09	0.19	0.07	0.72	-0.03	0.42**	0.42*	0.36*	1

**p< 0.01

*p< 0.05

Note: LF = Lupa Frascati Team

AL = Albalonga Team

BMI = Body Mass Index

PDS = pubertal development scale

sC = salivary Cortisol

sT = salivary Testosterone