Association between sex hormones and adiposity: Qualitative differences in women and men in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2015, Pages E596-E600

  Mongraw Chaffin, Morgana L ^a,b   Anderson, Cheryl A M ^a,b   Allison, Matthew A ^a   Ouyang, Pamela ^c   Szklo, Moyses ^b   Vaidya, Dhananjay ^c   Woodward, Mark ^b,d,e   Golden, Sherita Hill ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84927636503     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2014-2934     Document Type: Article

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