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Serum testosterone in adult sex offenders: A comparison between Caucasians and North American Indians
Author(s) -
Studer Lea H.,
Reddon John R.,
Siminoski Kerry G.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199706)53:4<375::aid-jclp11>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - demography , body mass index , etiology , testosterone (patch) , covariate , medicine , generality , psychology , gerontology , clinical psychology , statistics , mathematics , sociology , psychotherapist
Patients admitted to the Phoenix Program for sex offender treatment at Alberta Hospital Edmonton were separated by family history into a group of North American Indians and a group of Caucasians, with respective sample sizes of 53 and 192 after range matching the Caucasian to the North American Indian sample on a number of demographic variables. Controlling for body mass index and age, the two groups were equivalent in terms of 12 basic blood chemistry variables and 5 of 6 endocrine measures. Serum testosterone did differ significantly ( p < .0005, covariate adjusted means of 22.3 and 26.5 nmol/L, respectively, for Caucasians and North American Indians). Further research will be required to establish the generality of this result and to ascertain the etiology. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 53 : 375–385, 1997.