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

Table 4

Pearson correlation coefficients between sex hormone binding globulin (log transformed) 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)	$-0.267$	.121	$-0.171$	.375
WAIST (cm)	$-\mathit{0.365}$	.031	$-\mathit{0.424}$	.022
SAT (L)	$-0.230$	.184	0.045	.817
VAT (L)	$-\mathit{0.478}$	.004	$-0.315$	.096
Glucose (mmol/L)	$-\mathit{0.442}$	.009	$-0.029$	.89
Insulin (u$\mu$/mL)	$-\mathit{0.527}$	.001	$-0.379$	.056
HOMA IR (ratio)	$-\mathit{0.542}$	.001	$-0.339$	.090
SBP (mmHg)	$-0.191$	.271	0.183	.341
DBP (mmHg)	$-0.183$	.800	0.257	.179
TG (mg/dL)	$-0.331$	.056	$-0.137$	.504
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	$-0.040$	.820	$-0.192$	.373
HDL (mmol/L)	0.262	.135	0.335	.094
${\text{HDL}}_2$ (mmol/L)	0.300	.085	0.100	.627
LDL (mmol/L)	0.117	.511	0.182	.373
LDL pps (nmol/L)	0.164	.355	$-0.233$	.252
Apo B (mg/dL)	$-0.013$	.943	$-0.079$	.700
Total cholesterol/HDL	$-0.111$	.533	$-0.021$	.917
Lp (a)	0.071	.696	$-0.202$	.322

BMI, body mass index, WAIST, waist circumference, SAT, subcutaneous adipose tissue volume, VAT, visceral adipose tissue volume, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP, diastolic blood pressure, 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, LDL pps, low-density lipoprotein peak particle size, Apo B, apolipoprotein B, TG, triglycerides, log transformed.