Influence of cigarette smoking on pituitary and sex hormone balance in healthy premenopausal women.
Fertil Steril
; 56(4): 788-9, 1991 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-1915961
ABSTRACT
Plasma gonadotropin FSH and LH, PRL, sex steroids (17-beta E2, E1, and P), SBP binding capacity, and urine estrogens (E1, E2, and E3) were measured in 485 premenopausal healthy women, subdivided according to smoking habits. The aim of the study was to verify if cigarette smoking influences sex hormone balance. Baseline PRL levels were significantly lower (P less than 0.002) in smoker (n = 174) than in nonsmoker (n = 311) women. No difference was found in the other parameters of the two groups, particularly in plasma and urine estrogenic pattern. Our data suggest that smoking directly affects PRL levels by involving the hypothalamic mechanism that regulates PRL secretion.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Hormônios Hipofisários
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Hormônios Esteroides Gonadais
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Fumar
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Fertil Steril
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália