Contribution of body fatness and adipose tissue distribution to the age variation in plasma steroid hormone concentrations in men: The HERITAGE family study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1026-1031

  Couillard, Charles ^a   Gagnon, Jacques ^b   Bergeron, Jean ^a   Leon, Arthur S ^c   Rao, D C ^d   Skinner, James S ^e   Wilmore, Jack H ^f   Després, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Bouchard, Claude ^b  

^a Université Laval   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c School of Kinesiology and Leisure Studies   (Canada)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTICOSTEROID; FATTY ACID ESTER; INSULIN; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034452998     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.3.1026     Document Type: Article

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