. 2022 Jan 27;31(4):793–803. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-21-0996

Table 2.

Partial Spearman correlation coefficients (adjusted for age, BMI, and batch) between sex hormones, SHBG, age^a, and BMI^a among controls in EPIC and NSHDS.

	DHEA	E1	E2	P4	T	Free E2	Free T	SHBG	Age	BMI
A	0.69^b	0.50^b	0.27^b	0.45^b	0.30^b	0.23^b	0.33^b	0.10^c	−0.25^b	−0.03^d
DHEA		0.29^b	0.11^e	0.32^b	0.13^b	0.10^c	0.15^b	0.02^d	−0.42^b	−0.09^c
E1			0.67^b	0.17^b	0.29^b	0.64^b	0.27^b	0.12^e	0.04^d	0.15^b
E2				0.17^b	0.52^b	0.91^b	0.49^b	0.23^b	0.06^d	0.12^e
P4					0.30^b	0.10^c	0.29^b	0.16^b	−0.11^e	−0.16^b
T						0.27^b	0.76^b	0.66^b	0.03^d	−0.22^b
Free E2							0.47^b	−0.13^b	−0.06^f	0.25^b
Free T								0.08^c	−0.23^b	−0.04^d
SHBG									0.33^b	−0.30^b
Age										0.03^d

Abbreviations: A, androstenedione; DHEA, dehydroepiandrosterone; E1, estrone; E2, estradiol; P4, progesterone; T, testosterone.

^aNot adjusted for itself.

^b P < 0.001.

^c P < 0.05.

^dNonsignificant.

^e P < 0.01.

^f P < 0.1.