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Association between lipid profile and circulating concentrations of estrogens in young men.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Mar 2009
Tomaszewski Maciej, Charchar Fadi J, Maric Christine, Kuzniewicz Roman, Gola Mateusz, Grzeszczak Wladyslaw, Samani Nilesh J, Zukowska-Szczechowska Ewa
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OBJECTIVES: Men show higher rates of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality than pre-menopausal women and this sexual dimorphism may be related to sex-specific effects of sex steroids on cardiovascular risk factors. Unlike androgens, estrogens were not extensively investigated in relation to cardiovascular phenotypes in men. METHODS: We examined associations of estradiol and estrone and their precursors (total...
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