Obesity and menstrual irregularity: Associations with SHBG, testosterone, and insulin

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1070-1076

  Wei, Shuying ^a   Schmidt, Michael D ^a   Dwyer, Terence ^b   Norman, Robert J ^c   Venn, Alison J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; INSULIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; ANDROGENS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 67349104558     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.641     Document Type: Article

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