Another longitudinal study with a short follow-up time and only on White women—the Study of Health in Pomerania in northeastern Germany—analyzed data from 1111 pre- and 963 postmenopausal German women and found that free T was positively, and SHBG was inversely, associated with 5-year incident MetS in their age-adjusted models only—relative risks (95% CIs) were 1.32 (1.11-1.56) and 0.61 (0.51-0.73), respectively. Here, SHBG is linked to metabolic syndrome.