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Table 2 Correlation coefficients between sex hormones, SHBG, BMI, insulin, glucose, HbA1c, and FLI among control subjects by sex

From: Associations of sex hormone-binding globulin and testosterone with diabetes among men and women (the Saku Diabetes study): a case control study

Men

Total T

Free T

SHBG

BMI

Fasting insulin

FPG

HbA1c

Free T

0.48 (P< 0.001)

      

SHBG

0.61 (P< 0.001)

−0.37 (P< 0.001)

     

BMI

−0.31 (P< 0.001)

−0.15 (P= 0.02)

−0.20 (P< 0.001)

    

Fasting Insulin

−0.03 (P= 0.66)

−0.09 (P= 0.17)

0.06 (P= 0.37)

0.45 (P< 0.001)

   

FPG

−0.08 (P= 0.22)

0.01 (P= 0.84)

−0.08 (P= 0.24)

0.06 (P= 0.35)

0.17 (P= 0.02)

  

HbA1c

−0.15 (P= 0.03)

−0.06 (P= 0.34)

−0.05 (P= 0.45)

−0.02 (P= 0.77)

0.04 (P= 0.59)

0.27 (P< 0.001)

 

FLI

−0.36 (P< 0.001)

−0.14 (P= 0.04)

−0.26 (P< 0.001)

0.75 (P< 0.001)

0.43 (P< 0.001)

0.13 (P= 0.05)

−0.06 (P= 0.42)

Women

Total T

Free T

SHBG

BMI

Fasting insulin

FPG

HbA1c

Free T

0.81 (P< 0.001)

      

SHBG

0.06 (P= 0.62)

−0.47 (P< 0.001)

     

BMI

0.16 (P= 0.17)

0.41 (P< 0.001)

−0.46 (P< 0.001)

    

Fasting Insulin

0.11 (P= 0.33)

0.30 (P= 0.01)

−0.34 (P= 0.002)

0.53 (P< 0.001)

   

FPG

0.16 (P= 0.16)

0.19 (P= 0.09)

−0.16 (P= 0.14)

0.14 (P= 0.20)

0.45 (P< 0.001)

  

HbA1c

0.19 (P= 0.08)

0.26 (P= 0.02)

−0.25 (P= 0.02)

0.13 (P= 0.22)

0.26 (P= 0.01)

0.46 (P< 0.001)

 

FLI

0.30 (P= 0.01)

0.51 (P< 0.001)

−0.38 (P< 0.001)

0.77 (P< 0.001)

0.62 (P< 0.001)

0.35 (P= 0.001)

0.30 (P= 0.005)

  1. Abbreviations: Total T, total testosterone; free T, free testosterone; SHBG, sex hormone-binding globulin; BMI, body mass index; FLI, fatty liver index.