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Table 2 Partial correlation coefficients adjusted for case-control status and age at the blood donation (104 premenopausal breast cancer cases and 225 matched controls)

From: Endogenous sex steroids in premenopausal women and risk of breast cancer: the ORDET cohort

 

SHBG nmol/ml

TT ng/ml

FT

pg/ml

PG ng/ml

E2

pg/ml

FSH mIU/ml

LH mIU/ml

BMI

Waist circumference

SHBG nmol/ml

1

        

TT ng/ml

0.131a

1

       

FT pg/ml

-0.225b

0.582 b

1

      

PG ng/ml

0.190 b

-0.019

-0.001

1

     

E2 pg/ml

0.323 b

0.378 b

0.221b

0.197b

1

    

FSH mIU/ml

-0.118a

-0.024

-0.058

-0.348b

-0.257b

1

   

LH mIU/ml

-0.064

0.216b

0.115a

-0.283b

0.122a

0.668b

1

  

BMI

-0.253b

0.066

0.162b

-0.097

-0.029

0.024

-0.006

1

 

Waist circumference

-0.211b

0.043

0.105

-0.080

-0.101

0.025

-0.008

0.842b

1

  1. aThe correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed). bThe correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).