Endogenous sex hormones and their associations with cardiovascular risk factors in post-menopausal women.
J Endocrinol Invest
; 36(8): 588-92, 2013 Sep.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23448998
ABSTRACT
AIMS:
Our aim was to understand the relationship between endogenous sex hormones and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in post-menopausal women. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
Eighty-three post-menopausal women from a previous prospectively designed study were included. We analyzed endogenous sex hormones and biochemical parameters.RESULTS:
Levels of estradiol and free testosterone were higher in patients with metabolic syndrome. Estradiol correlated positively with interleukin-6 (IL-6), weight, body mass index (BMI), insulin, homocysteine, and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Free testosterone correlated positively with weight, waist circumference (WC), BMI, insulin, HOMA-IR and negatively with HDL and SHBG. DHEAS correlated only with HDL. FSH correlated negatively with age, weight, WC, hip circumference, BMI, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, duration of menopause, fasting glucose, HDL, C-reactive protein, and insulin. LH correlated negatively with IL-6, age, WC, duration of menopause and SHBG.CONCLUSIONS:
We identified endogenous estradiol and free testosterone as the strongest links to CVD risk. They can be used as biomarkers for CVD risk estimation.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Gonadal Steroid Hormones
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Testosterone
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Cardiovascular Diseases
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Interleukin-6
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Postmenopause
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Estradiol
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
J Endocrinol Invest
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Turkey