Table 2 Anthropometric, metabolic and hormonal characteristics of subjects with and without metabolic syndrome (patients with BPH)
From: Metabolic syndrome and benign prostatic hyperplasia: association or coincidence?
Continuous variables | Metabolic syndrome (n = 74) | Without metabolic syndrome (n = 54) | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Range | Mean | SD | Range | ||
Age (years) | 65.68 | 6.29 | 55–77 | 65.89 | 6.88 | 55–77 | 0.912 |
Weight (kg) | 85.59 | 10.55 | 64–115 | 75.37 | 9.71 | 51.5–98 | 0.001 |
Height (m) | 1.73 | 0.074 | 1.54–1.98 | 1.74 | 0.071 | 1.53–1.90 | 0.996 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 28.47 | 2.87 | 23.5–34.7 | 25.03 | 2.72 | 18.7–34.6 | 0.001 |
LAP | 70.97 | 39.48 | 20.2–296.7 | 36.25 | 15.91 | 11.4–89.9 | 0.001 |
Cholesterol (mmol/l) | 4.80 | 1.48 | 2.17–9.13 | 5.26 | 1.66 | 3.08–11.76 | 0.121 |
LDL (mmol/l) | 3.14 | 1.36 | 0.47–7.43 | 3.63 | 1.65 | 1.01–10.48 | 0.112 |
Insulin (pmol/l) | 116.82 | 105.60 | 11.22–454.80 | 93.30 | 101.64 | 2.64–423.00 | 0.272 |
HOMA-IR | 5.13 | 3.63 | 0.48–26.28 | 3.99 | 2.90 | 0.1–22.47 | 0.043 |
Total testosterone (nmol/l) | 13.31 | 6.48 | 1.04–28.43 | 15.71 | 6.24 | 0.35–29.12 | 0.020 |
Free testosterone (pmol/l) | 354.92 | 236.38 | 0.35–1274.47 | 420.65 | 266.26 | 3.12–1177.27 | 0.151 |
Estradiol (pmol/l) | 95.08 | 70.45 | 22.25–421.80 | 120.30 | 80.21 | 21.92–321.95 | 0.090 |
DHEA-S (μmol/l) | 3.47 | 2.12 | 0.35–9.34 | 3.12 | 1.76 | 0.33–7.19 | 0.501 |
SHBG (nmol/l) | 35.39 | 19.75 | 2.74–98.0 | 41.89 | 17.02 | 2.58–90.3 | 0.012 |
LH (mIU/ml) | 11.38 | 8.61 | 0.70–67.98 | 9.89 | 4.52 | 1.57–23.0 | 0.211 |