Research Article

Association between Serum Total Testosterone Level and Bone Mineral Density in Middle-Aged Postmenopausal Women

Table 2

Association between serum total testosterone levels (ng/dL) and lumbar bone mineral density (mg/cm2).

Model 1 β (95% CI)Model 2 β (95% CI)Model 3 β (95% CI)

Serum total testosterone levels1.65 (0.74, 2.56)1.43 (0.54, 2.32)1.07 (0.17, 1.97)
Serum total testosterone levels (quartile)

Q1 (≤11)ReferenceReferenceReference
Q2 (>11, ≤16.15)34.79 (8.80, 60.79)31.77 (6.36, 57.17)29.27 (4.04, 54.50)
Q3 (>16.15, ≤21.55)41.19 (15.90, 66.48)36.83 (12.12, 61.55)30.10 (5.40, 54.80)
Q4 (>21.55)58.30 (33.43, 83.17)50.31 (25.90, 74.71)40.91 (16.26, 65.57)
P for trend<0.001<0.0010.002

Model 1: no covariates were adjusted. Model 2: age and race were adjusted. Model 3: age, race, body mass index, education level, income to poverty ratio, moderate activities, age since menopause, blood urea nitrogen, serum uric acid, total protein, serum phosphorus, and serum calcium were adjusted. , , and .