Brief report: The age-associated decline of androgens in reproductive age and menopausal black and white women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4730-4733

  Spencer, Jessica B ^c   Klein, Mitchel ^d   Kumar, Ashim ^a,b   Azziz, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; INSULIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR PHASE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SAMPLE SIZE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST HIP RATIO; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGING; ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 36849096097     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2006-2365     Document Type: Article

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