Central abdominal fat and endogenous hormones during the menopausal transition

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1335-1340

  Guthrie, Janet R ^a,b   Dennerstein, Lorraine ^a,b   Taffe, John R ^a,c   Ebeling, Peter R ^a,d   Randolph, John F ^a,e   Burger, Henry G ^a,f   Wark, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Office for Gender and Health   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central abdominal fat; Estradiol; Free testosterone index; Menopausal transition; Percent body fat; Weight

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FAT; FOLLITROPIN; HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIPID STORAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0038173304     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)00361-3     Document Type: Article

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