Sex Hormone–Binding Globulin and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women and Men
Author(s) -
Eric L. Ding,
Yiqing Song,
JoAnn E. Manson,
David J. Hunter,
Cathy C. Lee,
Nader Rifai,
Julie E. Buring,
J. Michael Gaziano,
Simin Liu
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa0804381
Subject(s) - medicine , sex hormone binding globulin , mendelian randomization , odds ratio , quartile , type 2 diabetes , endocrinology , confidence interval , diabetes mellitus , insulin resistance , prospective cohort study , hormone , insulin , genotype , biology , genetics , androgen , genetic variants , gene
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.
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