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Sex hormone-binding globulin and risk of type 2 diabetes in women and men.
The New England journal of medicine - 17 Sept 2009
Ding Eric L, Song Yiqing, Manson JoAnn E, Hunter David J, Lee Cathy C, Rifai Nader, Buring Julie E, Gaziano J Michael, Liu Simin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Circulating sex hormone-binding globulin levels are inversely associated with insulin resistance, but whether these levels can predict the risk of developing type 2 diabetes is uncertain. METHODS: We performed a nested case-control study of postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Study who were not using hormone therapy (359 with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes and 359 controls). Plasma levels of...
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