Association between circulating sex hormone levels and diabetic kidney disease in men and postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus

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World J Diabetes. Nov 15, 2025; 16(11): 111366
Published online Nov 15, 2025. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i11.111366

Table 5 Association of sex hormone level quartiles with diabetic kidney disease in postmenopausal women

	Odds ratio (95%CI)		β (95%CI)
	Model 1¹	Model 2²	β (95%CI)
Testosterone
Q1	Reference	Reference	Reference
Q2	2.111 (0.593, 7.518)	3.135 (0.657, 14.955)	0.066 (-0.704, 0.836)
Q3	0.712 (0.173, 2.926)	1.296 (0.255, 6.599)	-0.225 (-0.989, 0.539)
Q4	1.707 (0.451, 6.469)	3.072 (0.497, 18.976)	0.373 (-0.422, 1.169)
P for trend	0.679	0.413	0.448
Per SD increase	2.698 (0.349, 20.834)	3.418 (0.239, 48.900)	0.421 (0.164, 0.678)^a
DHEAS
Q1	Reference	Reference	Reference
Q2	1.692 (0.406, 7.045)	4.559 (0.638, 32.536)	0.558 (-0.216, 1.333)
Q3	4.713 (1.185, 18.745)^a	18.084 (2.483,131.683)^a	0.512 (-0.240, 1.264)
Q4	1.432 (0.316, 6.484)	2.425 (0.321, 18.320)	0.032 (-0.733, 0.797)
P for trend	0.426	0.203	0.911
Per SD increase	1.294 (0.806, 2.08)	1.396 (0.764, 2.553)	0.056 (-0.213, 0.325)
Androstenedione
Q1	Reference	Reference	Reference
Q2	1.273 (0.212, 7.625)	1.527 (0.215, 10.855)	0.373 (-0.649, 1.395)
Q3	2.843 (0.822, 9.831)	3.393 (0.736, 15.630)	0.465 (-0.224, 1.154)
Q4	2.772 (0.802, 9.576)	3.707 (0.700, 19.626)	0.457 (-0.259, 1.173)
P for trend	0.154	0.171	0.281
Per SD increase	1.453 (0.911, 2.317)	1.390 (0.788, 2.453)	0.224 (-0.046, 0.494)
E2
LnE2	1.678 (0.690, 4.085)	1.383 (0.429, 4.453)	0.260 (-0.267, 0.786)
Per SD increase	1.324 (0.818, 2.144)	1.192 (0.632, 2.246)	0.123 (-0.163, 0.410)
LH
Q1	Reference	Reference	Reference
Q2	2.22 (0.408, 12.076)	1.972 (0.301, 12.917)	0.110 (-0.592, 0.813)
Q3	2.971 (0.573, 15.397)	1.508 (0.240, 9.471)	0.222 (-0.516, 0.959)
Q4	18.73 (3.5, 100.231)^a	15.117 (2.191, 104.326)^a	1.039 (0.284, 1.794)^a
P for trend	0^a	0.004^a	0.006^a
Per SD increase	4.562 (2.141, 9.72)^a	4.213 (1.808, 9.816)^a	0.549 (0.294, 0.804)^a
FSH
Q1	Reference	Reference	Reference
Q2	2.748 (0.528, 14.295)	3.607 (0.568, 22.912)	-0.099 (-0.825, 0.627)
Q3	3.278 (0.654, 16.432)	2.213 (0.360, 13.602)	0.151 (-0.617, 0.920)
Q4	13.661 (2.739, 68.125)^a	9.588 (1.680, 54,709)^a	0.641 (-0.109, 1.390)
P for trend	0^a	0.014^a	0.006^a
Per SD increase	3.162 (1.67, 5.988)^a	2.590 (1.320, 5.083)^a	0.549 (0.294, 0.804)^a

^aP < 0.05.

¹Adjusts for age, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, duration of diabetes.

²Model 1 + use of sodium-glucosecotrasporter-2 inhibitor, use of glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist, hypertension, use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker/angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitor, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic peripheral vascular disease, total triglycerides, uric acid, glycated hemoglobin.

β: Regression coefficient; CI: Confidence interval; DHEAS: Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate; E2: Estradiol; FSH: Follicle-stimulating hormone; LH: Luteinizing hormone; Q: Quartile; SD: Standard deviation.

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Citation: Shi Y, Zhang Y, Zhou AD, Zou HY, Wang MM, Xu F, Cai MY. Association between circulating sex hormone levels and diabetic kidney disease in men and postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus. World J Diabetes 2025; 16(11): 111366
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Shi Y, Zhang Y, Zhou AD, Zou HY, Wang MM, Xu F, Cai MY. Association between circulating sex hormone levels and diabetic kidney disease in men and postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus. World J Diabetes 2025; 16(11): 111366 [PMID: 41278451 DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v16.i11.111366]

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