Free testosterone levels during the menstrual cycle in obese versus normal women |
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| Authors: | B L Wajchenberg J A Marcondes M B Mathor S S Achando O A Germak M A Kirschner |
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| Affiliation: | Diabetes and Adrenal Unit, Hospital das Clinicas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. |
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In a group of seven normally ovulating moderately obese women, testosterone parameters were studied throughout the menstrual cycle and compared with values obtained in normal-weight control women. Plasma T, percent free T (unbound), and free T concentrations were higher and exhibited little variation during the phases of the cycle compared with the normal-weight controls. Testosterone production and its parameters thus are higher in even moderately obese women. |
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