Low concentrations of serum testosterone predict acute myocardial infarction in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus

BMC Endocrine Disorders

Table 3 Cox regressions analyses to investigate the association between testosterone and AMI

	Men			Women
	HR	CI	p	HR	CI	P
T-T	All subjects
	Adjusted for age
	0.950	0.90–1.00	0.050	0.720	0.45–1.12	0.142
	Adjusted for age, WHR, smoking, physical activities, LDL, SBP
	0.949	0.90–1.00	0.069	0.696	0.45–1.08	0.104
	Subjects with type 2 diabetes
	Adjusted for age
	0.828	0.71–0.97	0.022	0.759	0.24–2.39	0.638
	Adjusted for age, WHR, smoking, physical activities, LDL, SBP
	0.754	0.61–0.92	0.006	0.647	0.18–2.28	0.498
F-T	All subjects
	Adjusted for age
	0.976	0.95–1.01	0.136	0.765	0.56–1.05	0.098
	Adjusted for age, WHR, smoking, physical activities, LDL, SBP
	0.974	0.94–1.01	0.153	0.722	0.52–1.00	0.046
	Subjects with type 2 diabetes
	Adjusted for age
	0,886	0.81–0.97	0.012	0.581	0.27–1.25	0.163
	Adjusted for age, WHR, smoking, physical activities, LDL, SBP
	0.856	0.77–0.96	0.006	0.579	0.26–1.31	0.190

HR = hazard ratio by 1 mmol/L-change in total testosterone concentration and by 0.01 mmol/L change in free testosterone. CI = 95 % of confidence interval
T-T total testosterone, F-T free testosterone, WHR waist hip ration, LDL low density lipoprotein, SBP Systolic blood pressure, SHBG sex hormone-binding globulin

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