The association of obesity with sex hormone-binding globulin is stronger than the association with ageing - Implications for the interpretation of total testosterone measurements

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 828-833

  Cooper, Lori A ^a,b   Page, Stephanie T ^a   Amory, John K ^a   Anawalt, Bradley D ^a   Matsumoto, Alvin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; BLOOD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929493742     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cen.12768     Document Type: Article

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