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Table 4 Correlations between anthropometric measurements, LAP, lipid profiles and sex hormones in patients with BPH and MetS

From: Metabolic syndrome and benign prostatic hyperplasia: association or coincidence?

 

Total testosterone (nmol/l)

Free testosterone (pmol/l)

SHBG (nmol/l)

DHEA-S (μmol/l)

Estradiol (pmol/l)

R

P

R

P

R

P

R

P

R

P

BMI (kg/m2)

−0.114

0.339

−0.095

0.422

−0.221

0.063

0.035

0.769

0.014

0.907

Waist (m)

−0.283

0.016

−0.248

0.033

−0.272

0.021

−0.023

0.849

−0.086

0.481

LAP

−0.361

0.002

−0.286

0.014

−0.283

0.016

0.132

0.269

−0.149

0.217

Total cholesterol (mmol/l)

−0.072

0.548

0.016

0.895

−0.123

0.302

0.295

0.012

−0.130

0.285

LDL (mmol/l)

−0.038

0.752

0.102

0.392

−0.117

0.329

0.280

0.017

−0.119

0.327

HDL (mmol/l)

0.194

0.103

0.037

0.755

0.231

0.051

0.024

0.842

0.025

0.839

Triglycerides (mmol/l)

−0.272

0.021

−0.210

0.075

−0.201

0.090

0.155

0.193

−0.101

0.404

  1. Significant correlations are shown in italics
  2. R Spearman rank correlation coefficient