Cross-sectional and longitudinal determinants of serum sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) in a cohort of community-dwelling men

Despite its widespread clinical use, there is little data available from population-based studies on the determinants of serum sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG). We aimed to examine multifactorial determinants of circulating SHBG levels in community-dwelling men. Study participants comprised randomly selected 35-80 y.o. men (n = 2563) prospectively-followed for 5 years (n = 2038) in the Men Androgen Inflammation Lifestyle Environment and Stress (MAILES) study. After excluding men with illness or medications known to affect SHBG (n = 172), data from 1786 men were available at baseline, and 1476 at follow-up. The relationship between baseline body composition (DXA), serum glucose, insulin, triglycerides, thyroxine (fT4), sex steroids (total testosterone (TT), oestradiol (E2)), and pro-inflammatory cytokines and serum SHBG level at both baseline & follow-up was determined by linear and penalized logistic regression models adjusting for age, lifestyle & demographic, body composition, metabolic, and hormonal factors. Restricted cubic spline analyses was also conducted to capture possible non-linear relationships. At baseline there were positive cross-sectional associations between age (β = 0.409, p<0.001), TT (β = 0.560, p<0.001), fT4 (β = 0.067, p = 0.019) and SHBG, and negative associations between triglycerides (β = -0.112, p<0.001), abdominal fat mass (β = -0.068, p = 0.032) and E2 (β = -0.058, p = 0.050) and SHBG. In longitudinal analysis the positive determinants of SHBG at 4.9 years were age (β = 0.406, p = <0.001), TT (β = 0.461, p = <0.001), and fT4 (β = 0.040, p = 0.034) and negative determinants were triglycerides (β = -0.065, p = 0.027) and abdominal fat mass (β = -0.078, p = 0.032). Taken together these data suggest low SHBG is a marker of abdominal obesity and increased serum triglycerides, conditions which are known to have been associated with low testosterone and low T4.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

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PloS one - 13(2018), 7 vom: 11., Seite e0200078

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gyawali, Prabin [VerfasserIn]
Martin, Sean A [VerfasserIn]
Heilbronn, Leonie K [VerfasserIn]
Vincent, Andrew D [VerfasserIn]
Jenkins, Alicia J [VerfasserIn]
Januszewski, Andrzej S [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Anne W [VerfasserIn]
Adams, Robert J T [VerfasserIn]
O'Loughlin, Peter D [VerfasserIn]
Wittert, Gary A [VerfasserIn]

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Biomarkers
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin

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Date Completed 07.01.2019

Date Revised 07.01.2019

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0200078

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM286384027