Table 5.

Relationship between clinical characteristics and androgen serum levels (17-hydroxyprogesterone, testosterone, and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate) analyzed by median regression and linear regression

Clinical characteristics	17OHP				Testosterone				DHEAS
	Crude model		Adjusted model		Crude model		Adjusted model†		Crude model		Adjusted model
	Beta (SE)	P	Beta (SE)	P	Beta (SE)	P	Beta (SE)	P	Beta (SE)	P	Beta (SE)	P
SBP	0.280 (0.199)	0.162	0.195 (0.115)	0.096	−0.575 (0.716)	0.425	−0.042 (0.529)	0.937	0.001 (0.002)	0.451	0.001 (0.001)	0.145
DBP	0.198 (0.111)	0.079	0.309 (0.093)	0.001*	0.000 (0.354)	1.000	−0.599 (0.416)	0.155	0.000 (0.001)	1.000	−0.0004 (0.001)	0.680
FBS	0.052 (0.151)	0.730	0.149 (0.122)	0.230	−0.118 (0.465)	0.800	0.299 (0.462)	0.521	0.0004 (0.001)	0.764	0.001 (0.001)	0.583
HOMA index	0.000 (0.020)	1.000	0.002 (0.021)	0.908	−0.024 (0.062)	0.714	−0.027 (0.065)	0.682	0.0002 (0.0001)	0.264	0.0001 (0.0002)	0.382
TG	−0.424 (0.923)	0.648	−0.386 (0.810)	0.636	−0.424 (0.923)	0.648	−1.736 (2.734)	0.529	−0.001 (0.006)	0.924	−0.002 (0.007)	0.817
BMI	0.081 (0.050)	0.107	0.040 (0.038)	0.290	−0.190 (0.182)	0.298	0.026 (.154)	0.869	−0.0004 (0.000)	0.298	−0.001 (0.0003)	0.082
Cholesterol	−0.320 (0.436)	0.467	−0.121 (0.428)	0.778	0.401 (1.392)	0.775	0.115 (1.449)	0.937	0.001 (0.003)	0.698	−0.001 (0.003)	0.768
LDL	−0.587 (0.371)	0.121	−0.466 (0.376)	0.223	0.256 (1.117)	0.820	0.188 (1.152)	0.871	0.0003 (0.002)	0.886	−0.001 (0.002)	0.636
HDL	0.058 (0.166)	0.729	0.067 (0.173)	0.700	0.061 (0.531)	0.909	0.083 (0.594)	0.890	0.0004 (0.001)	0.725	0.0004 (0.001)	0.762

^†Adjusted for age and sex, *Significant at the 0.05 level. SE: Standard error, DBP: Diastolic blood pressure, SBP: Systolic blood pressure, FBS: Fasting blood sugar, HOMA: Homeostasis model assessment, TG: Triglyceride, BMI: Body mass index, LDL: Low density lipoprotein, HDL: High density lipoprotein, 17OHP: 17-Hydroxyprogesterone, DHEAS: Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate