Relationship between Dehydroepiandrosterone-Sulfate, Testosterone, Thyroid Hormones, Insulin and Cortisol in Indigenous Men and Women among Representatives of the Indigenous and Newcomer Population of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Abstract

Using Spearman’s rank correlation we studied the correlations between the serum dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate (DHEA-S) concenttration and the concentration of testosterone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, thyroxine, triiodothyronine, insulin and cortisol in the indigenous and alien populationof the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. A positive correlation was found between the DHEA-S concenttration and testosterone in indigenous women and newcomers. A stronger correlation was found in the group of newcomer women. In indigenous men, DHEA-S was positively correlated with cortisol. The newcomer men showed a positive correlation between DHEA-S and thyroid-stimulating hormone. No correlations were found between the concenttration of DHEA-S with insulin, thyroxine and triiodothyronine in any of the examined groups.