Table 2 The association between serum testosterone and arthritis.

From: Lower serum testosterone is associated with increased likelihood of arthritis

 

Model1 [OR (95% CI)]

Model2 [OR (95% CI)]

Model3 [OR (95% CI)]

Serum testosterone/100 (continuous)

0.87 (0.85, 0.89)

0.93 (0.90, 0.97)

1.02 (0.97, 1.07)

 Q1 (0.52–18.77)

Reference

Reference

Reference

 Q2 (18.8–55.1)

0.57 (0.51, 0.64)

0.86 (0.75, 0.98)

0.85 (0.72, 1.00)

 Q3 (55.2–377.98)

0.53 (0.47, 0.60)

0.66 (0.48, 0.90)

0.53 (0.35, 0.79)

 Q4 (378–2000)

0.35 (0.31, 0.40)

0.50 (0.35, 0.70)

0.49 (0.31, 0.76)

P for trend

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.0327

  1. Model 1, no covariates were adjusted.
  2. Model 2, age, sex, and race were adjusted.
  3. Model 3, age, sex, race, education level, marital status, BMI, alcohol status, smoking status, hypertension, diabetes, CVD, estradiol, SHBG, income to poverty ratio, were adjusted. 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.
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