Association between Sex Hormone and Blood Uric Acid in Male Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 2

Sex hormone levels in the study population disaggregated by quartiles of serum uric acid levels.

	Group Q1	Group Q2	Group Q3	Group Q4	value
n (%)	51 (24.9)	50 (24.4)	53 (25.8)	51 (24.9)
TT (nmol/L)	15.07	14.84	13.98	11.64	<0.001
FT (nmol/L)	0.29	0.31	0.29	0.29	0.227
BT (nmol/L)	6.54	7.19	6.63	6.81	0.213
LH (mIU/L)	7.02	6.12	5.24	5.44	0.005
FSH (mIU/L)	8.02	5.96	5.86	4.71	0.001
E2 (pmol/L)	93.46	93.48	84.29	93.30	0.917
SHBG (nmol/L)	31.92	28.61	23.52	19.50	<0.001
DHEA (μmol/L)	4.47	5.03	5.49	6.28	<0.001

Data presented as median. TT: total testosterone; BT: bioactive testosterone; FT: free testosterone; LH: luteinizing hormone; FSH: follicle-stimulating hormone; E2: estradiol; SHBG: sex hormone-binding globulin; DHEA: dehydroepiandrosterone.