Estradiol/Testosterone Imbalance: Impact on Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Postmenopausal Women | Zendy

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Estradiol/Testosterone Imbalance: Impact on Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Postmenopausal Women

Author(s) -

Wen Dai,

Yan Li,

Hongyun Zheng

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

cardiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1421-9751

pISSN - 0008-6312

DOI - 10.1159/000337274

Subject(s) - medicine , sex hormone binding globulin , endocrinology , testosterone (patch) , aromatase , estrogen , high density lipoprotein , cholesterol , lipoprotein , hormone , androgen , breast cancer , cancer

Several groups have reported the important role of the estradiol/testosterone (E2/T) ratio in benign prostatic hyperplasia and cerebral vessels. However, there has been no study on the role of the E2/T ratio in women with coronary heart disease (CHD). This study aimed to evaluate the association among the ratio of sex hormones and known risk factors of atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women with CHD.

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