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. 2021 Jun 14;106(10):e3946–e3956. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab416

Table 5.

Odds ratios (95% CI) of various conditions, status, or diseases for low SHBG in 4061 participants analyzed by weighted multivariable binary logistic regression

Men Women
ORa 95% CI P-value ORa 95% CI P-value
Pregnancy NA NA NA 0.00 0-1.4E+27 0.677
Breastfeeding NA NA NA 1.94 1.91-1.97 <0.001
Parity(≥2 deliveries) NA NA NA 0.74 0.74-0.75 <0.001
Oophorectomy NA NA NA 2.13 2.13-2.14 <0.001
Age, y 1.02 1.02-1.02 <0.001 0.98 0.98-0.98 <0.001
Ethnicity
 Hispanic 1.00 1.00
 Non-Hispanic white 0.65 0.64-0.65 <0.001 1.08 1.08-1.08 <0.001
 Non-Hispanic black 0.76 0.76-0.76 <0.001 0.43 0.43-0.44 <0.001
 Non-Hispanic other 1.59 1.58-1.60 <0.001 2.19 2.18-2.20 <0.001
Ln [BMI (kg/m2)] 13.75 13.67-13.83 <0.001 21.11 20.99-21.22 <0.001
Physically active 0.68 0.68-0.68 <0.001 1.07 1.06-1.07 <0.001
Smoker 1.02 1.02-1.02 <0.001 1.43 1.43-1.44 <0.001
Alcohol drinker 1.90 1.89-1.91 <0.001 0.92 0.91-0.92 <0.001
Heart attack 1.63 1.62-1.64 <0.001 0.00 0-1.4E+11 0.425
Angina 0.47 0.46-0.47 <0.001 1.99 1.97-2.02 <0.001
Congestive HF 0.28 0.28-0.28 <0.001 0.64 0.63-0.65 <0.001
CHD 1.68 1.67-1.69 <0.001 1.27 1.26-1.28 <0.001
Stroke 0.94 0.93-0.95 <0.001 1.01 1.00-1.02 0.038
Chronic bronchitis 0.36 0.36-0.36 <0.001 1.05 1.04-1.05 <0.001
COPD 1.77 1.76-1.78 <0.001 1.23 1.22-1.24 <0.001
Emphysema 0.29 0.28-0.29 <0.001 0.28 0.27-0.28 <0.001
Liver condition 1.06 1.05-1.06 <0.001 0.44 0.44-0.44 <0.001
Kidney disease 0.81 0.81-0.82 <0.001 0.12 0.11-0.12 <0.001
Thyroid disease 0.6 0.6-0.61 <0.001 2.41 2.40-2.41 <0.001
Cancer 3.22 3.21-3.23 <0.001 0.53 0.53-0.53 <0.001
HIV 0.00 0-2.4E+39 0.749 0.00 0-2.9E+167 0.938
Arthritis 0.79 0.79-0.79 <0.001 0.71 0.71-0.71 <0.001
DM 2.65 2.64-2.65 <0.001 3.49 3.49-3.51 <0.001
HTN 0.46 0.46-0.46 <0.001 1.40 1.39-1.40 <0.001

Abbreviations: CHD, coronary heart disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DM, diabetes mellitus; HF, heart failure; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus disease; HTN, hypertension; Ln [BMI (kg/m2)], natural log-transformed body mass index (kg/m2); NA, not applicable; OR, odds ratio.

aOR of the absence of the specified condition, status, or disease for low SHBG was regarded as 1.