Article
Androgen-estrogen metabolism in women with upper body versus lower body obesity.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Feb 1990
Kirschner M A, Samojlik E, Drejka M, Szmal E, Schneider G, Ertel N
Abstract excerpt
Androgen and estrogen production rates were examined in 29 morbidly obese women with upper or lower body obesity. Although blood production rates of testosterone (T), dihydrotestosterone, and androstenedione (A4) were elevated in all of these women, those with upper body obesity (waist-height ratios, greater than 0.85) had higher T and production rates than women with lower body obesity (waist-height ratio less...
Topics
- Adult
- Androgens
- Body Composition
- Estrogens
- Female
- Glucose
- Humans
- Obesity
- Phenotype
- Skinfold Thickness
- Somatotypes
- Testosterone