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Serum sex hormone-binding globulin and testosterone in relation to cardiovascular disease risk factors in young men : a population-based study

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Canoy, D., Barber, T. M., Pouta, A., Hartikainen, A. L., McCarthy, M. I., Franks, S., Jarvelin, M. R., Tapanainen, J. S., Ruokonen, A., Huhtaniemi, I. T. and Martikainen, H. (2014) Serum sex hormone-binding globulin and testosterone in relation to cardiovascular disease risk factors in young men : a population-based study. European Journal of Endocrinology, 170 (6). pp. 863-872. doi:10.1530/EJE-13-1046

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Abstract

Objective: Reduced sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) concentration predicts insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, but its association with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk is unclear. We examined the association between SHBG and cardiovascular risk factors, independently of total testosterone (TT), in young men.

Design: Observational, cross-sectional study.

Setting: General community.

Participants: The study included 2716 men aged 31 years in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort in 1996 with clinical examination data and fasting blood samples.

Outcome variables: Blood pressure (BP), lipids and C-reactive protein (CRP) as biological CVD risk markers.

Results: SHBG concentration was significantly and inversely related to systolic and diastolic BP, triglycerides and CRP, but positively to HDL cholesterol after adjusting for insulin, BMI, waist circumference, smoking, education and physical activity (all P<0.05). These linearly graded associations persisted with additional adjustment for TT. SHBG was significantly associated with total cholesterol only with adjustment for covariates and TT (P<0.05). The direction and magnitude of associations between TT and risk factors were variable, but further adjustment for insulin, adiposity and SHBG showed positive associations between TT and BP, total and LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides and an inverse association with CRP (all P<0.05), but its relation with HDL-cholesterol was no longer significant.

Conclusions: In this cohort of young adult men, higher SHBG concentration was associated with a more favourable CVD risk profile, independently of TT. SHBG concentration modified the associations of TT with CVD risk factors.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Translational & Experimental Medicine > Metabolic and Vascular Health (- until July 2016)
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Translational & Experimental Medicine
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Journal or Publication Title: European Journal of Endocrinology
Publisher: BioScientifica Ltd.
ISSN: 0804-4643
Official Date: 1 June 2014
Dates:
DateEvent
1 June 2014Published
26 March 2014Accepted
20 December 2014Submitted
Volume: 170
Number: 6
Page Range: pp. 863-872
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-13-1046
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access

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