Research Article

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 3

Age-adjusted partial correlations of normalized imputed hormones (logs) in female pre-RA (top) and CN (bottom)*.

E2/testOH-PREGOH-P4DHEAADIONETestE2CortisolDHEASLHPRL

E2/test
0.2130.4730.11 −0.7180.7770.2190.124−0.332−0.241
0.2270.0050.5350.0630.0000.0000.2140.4860.0550.170
36363636363636363636
OH-PREG
−0.0610.6190.7870.6240.0340.2240.0750.395−0.0710.012
0.4730.0000.0000.0000.8460.1960.6670.0190.6860.943
144363636363636363636
OH-P4
0.2290.7040.3420.439−0.3970.354−0.2390.220−0.3260.207
0.0060.0000.0440.0080.0180.0370.1670.2040.0560.234
1441443636363636363636
DHEA
−0.2310.6200.3770.6850.1870.1510.2240.5630.001−0.151
0.0060.0000.0000.0000.2810.3850.1950.0000.9940.388
14414414436363636363636
ADIONE
−0.1130.4330.3290.7700.0700.5020.1990.6320.020−0.069
0.1810.0000.0000.0000.6890.0020.2510.0000.9080.693
144144144144363636363636
Test
−0.7780.231−0.0740.3770.296−0.1910.057−0.0010.302
0.0000.0060.3780.0000.0000.2720.7440.9960.0780.232
1441441441441443636363636
E2
0.5480.1690.3500.0880.1730.0170.1150.094−0.364−0.105
0.0000.0440.0000.2960.0390.8390.5180.5910.0320.547
14414414414414414435363636
Cortisol
−0.1180.163−0.1030.1730.040−0.001−0.196−0.080−0.092−0.350
0.1640.0520.2210.0380.6380.9930.0190.6460.5990.039
144144144144144144144363636
DHEAS
0.0270.3240.1720.4500.4110.0320.028−0.0590.186−0.108
0.7500.0000.0400.0000.0000.7050.7390.4830.2850.537
1441441441441441441441443636
LH
−0.093−0.045−0.2170.0280.0420.149−0.0160.105−0.117−0.103
0.2730.5940.0090.7360.6180.0770.8510.2140.1650.555
14414414414414414414414414436
PRL
0.094−0.0500.087−0.142−0.058−0.1990.0310.037−0.0870.072
0.2700.5530.3000.0910.4920.0170.7150.6590.3040.394
144144144144144144144144144144

; ( -to- method, validated as and , resp., in the MRA models, as specified in Section 2.3).