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

Table 3

Pearson correlation coefficients between free androgen index (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)	0.188	.279	0.149	.440
WAIST (cm)	0.337	.048	0.323	.087
SAT (L)	0.376	.026	$-0.080$	.682
VAT (L)	0.308	.072	0.316	.095
Glucose (mmol/L)	0.519	.002	$-0.044$	.829
Insulin (u$\mu$/mL)	0.436	.0100	0.264	.192
HOMA IR (ratio)	0.478	.004	0.236	.247
SBP (mmHg)	$-0.197$	.257	$-0.301$	.112
DBP (mmHg)	$-0.211$	.223	$-\mathit{0.435}$	.018
TG (mg/dL)	0.195	.269	$-0.067$	.746
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	$-0.196$	.269	$-\mathit{0.504}$	.009
HDL (mmol/L)	$-\mathit{0.349}$	.043	$-0.249$	.220
${\text{HDL}}_2$ (mmol/L)	$-0.211$	.231	$-0.238$	.243
LDL (mmol/L)	$-0.253$	.149	$-\mathit{0.499}$	.010
LDL pps (nmol/L)	$-0.092$	.598	$-0.028$	.891
Apo B (mg/dL)	$-0.151$	.192	$-\mathit{0.428}$	.029
Total cholesterol/HDL-C	0.035	.844	$-0.297$	.141
Lp (a)	$-0.097$	.594	$-0.125$	.542

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, HDL₂, 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.