Racial Disparities between the Sex Steroid Milieu and the Metabolic Risk Profile

Table 2

Pearson’s correlation coefficients between total testosterone (square root) and the metabolic risk profile after adjusting for age.

Metabolic risk profile	Caucasian American women ($r$ value)	$P$ value	African American women ($r$ value)	$P$ value
BMI (kg/m^2)	0.124	.478	$-0.072$	.711
WAIST (cm)	0.235	.174	$-0.117$	.547
SAT (L)	0.452	.006	$-0.104$	.593
VAT (L)	0.100	.567	0.176	.361
Glucose (mmol/L)	0.220	.211	$-0.02$	.924
Insulin (u$\mu$/mL)	0.281	.108	0.004	.986
HOMA IR	0.246	.161	0.008	.967
SBP (mmHg)	$-\mathit{0.411}$	.014	$-0.298$	.116
DBP (mmHg)	$-\mathit{0.481}$	.004	$-\mathit{0.448}$	.015
TG (mg/dL)	0.015	.934	$-0.175$	.394
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	$-0.259$	.140	$-\mathit{0.555}$	.003
HDL (mmol/L)	$-0.242$	.168	$-0.058$	.778
${\text{HDL}}_2$ (mmol/L)	$-0.025$	.888	$-0.267$	.187
LDL (mmol/L)	$-0.320$	.065	$-\mathit{0.550}$	.004
LDL pps (nmol/L)	$-0.029$	.871	0.238	.241
Apo B (mg/dL)	$-0.239$	.173	$-\mathit{0.528}$	.006
Total cholesterol/HDL-C	$-0.101$	.571	$-\mathit{0.433}$	.027
Lp (a)	$-0.082$	.654	$-0.008$	.967

SBP, systolic blood pressure, DBP, diastolic blood pressure, SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue volume, VAT, visceral adipose tissue volume, HOMA IR, insulin resistance calculated as (insulin $\times$ glucose) $÷$ 22.5, HDL, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, ${\text{HDL}}_2$, high-density lipoprotein subfraction 2, LDL, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, Apo B, apolipoprotein B, LDL pps, low density lipoprotein peak particle size, TG, triglycerides, log transformed, BMI, body mass index, WAIST, waist circumference.