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Figure 3 Exposure to DHEA was associated with a dose-dependent increase in cholesteryl ester (CE) accumulation in human macrophages from male donors, over the physiologic range (4.2 to 42 nmol/l). This effect is abrogated by co-incubation with the androgen receptor antagonist HF. *p = 0.015 by ANOVA. There was a polynomial relationship between the DHEA concentration and macrophage CE content (r = 0.997). Abbreviations as in Figure 1.