Controlled Cohort Study of Serum Gonadal and Adrenocortical Steroid Levels in Males Prior to Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis (pre-RA): A Comparison to pre-RA Females and Sex Differences among the Study Groups
Table 5
Summary of correlations of pre-RA versus CN within each sex group (upper section) and of males versus females within each study group (lower section)*.
Partial correlations observed to differences between preRA versus CN
Within each sex (upper section), significant differences in partial correlations (Z and values) between pre-RA versus CN (Tables 2 and 3) observed in either pre-RA or CN group, but not in both, are bolded. Within each study group (lower section), only exclusive sex differences (Tables 2 versus Table 3) are bolded. Two additional low-level sex differences in partial correlations were observed in the total subjects (mentioned in text). , >0.010; , >0.001; probability levels for sex differences () between study groups (). Differences between Z scores in the right minus left panel entries and their corresponding P values are listed in the last two columns. The signs of the -scores derive from subtraction of the Z values in the right panel (females in upper and CN in lower row entries) from the Z values in the left panel (males in upper and pre-RA in lower entries), respectively (see text).