Changes in sex hormone‐binding globulin and testosterone during weight loss and weight maintenance in abdominally obese men with the metabolic syndrome

Niskanen, Leo; E. Laaksonen, David; Punnonen, Kari; Mustajoki, Pertti; Kaukua, Jarmo; Rissanen, A

doi:10.1111/j.1462-8902.2004.00335.x

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Changes in sex hormone‐binding globulin and testosterone during weight loss and weight maintenance in abdominally obese men with the metabolic syndrome

Published in Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism • Mar 31, 2004

Authors:

Leo Niskanen

David E. Laaksonen

Kari Punnonen

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Mild hypoandrogenism in men, usually defined by low levels of testosterone, is a peculiar feature of abdominal obesity that independently predicts the development of insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus. Little is known about the short- and long-term effects of weight loss on sex ste...

Subject

Sex hormone-binding globulin

Weight loss

Internal medicine

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