Table 3 Spearmans correlation of total testosterone and sexual hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels with individual metabolic syndrome components and adipocytokine levels.

	Waist Circumference	Systolic BP	Diastolic BP	FBG	TG	HDL	Leptin	Adiponectin
Total testosterone	−0.128^**	−0.064	−0.088^*	−0.094^*	−0.103^*	0.066	−0.156^**	0.138^**
SHBG	−0.245^**	−0.062	−0.055	−0.115^**	−0.359^**	0.244^**	−0.240^**	0.315^**
Adiponectin	−0.341^**	−0.145^**	−0.146^**	−0.287^**	−0.419^**	0.444^**	−0.338^**	1
Leptin	0.648^**	0.158^**	0.217^**	0.234^**	0.326^**	−0.237^**	1

Abbreviation: SHBG = sex hormone binding globulin; BP = blood pressure; FBG = fasting blood glucose; TG = Triglyceride; HDL = high density lipoprotein.
^*p < 0.05
^**p < 0.01

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