Sex hormone-binding globulin and androgen levels in immigrant and British-born premenopausal British Pakistani women: Evidence of early life influences?

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 741-747

  Pollard, Tessa M ^a   Unwin, Nigel C ^b   Fischbacher, Colin M ^c   Chamley, Jagdip K ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Information Services Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BRITISH ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFESTYLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PAKISTAN; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST HIP RATIO; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANDROGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33750889402     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20526     Document Type: Article

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