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Genetic polymorphisms and obesity influence estradiol decline during the menopause.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 May 2011
Sowers Maryfran R, Randolph John F, Zheng Huiyong, Jannausch Mary, McConnell Daniel, Kardia Sharon R, Crandall Carolyn J, Nan Bin
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OBJECTIVES: Obesity and genetic variation in aromatase and type 1 17-β hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD) could influence the E2 trajectory of decline during the menopause transition. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: E2 trajectories during the menopause transition (phenotype) were identified using 5934 data points acquired annually from 681 women in Study of Women's Health across the Nation (SWAN), a multiethnic study of...
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