Open AccessHigher Serum Testosterone Concentration in Older Women is Associated with Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Syndrome, and Cardiovascular Disease
Author(s) -
Sunny Patel,
Sarah J. Ratcliffe,
Muredach P. Reilly,
Rachel Weinstein,
Shalender Bhasin,
Marc R. Blackman,
Jane A. Cauley,
Kim Sutton-Tyrrell,
John A. Robbins,
Linda P. Fried,
Anne Rentoumis Cappola
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism/journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2009-0740
Subject(s) - medicine , insulin resistance , odds ratio , quartile , endocrinology , metabolic syndrome , abdominal obesity , confidence interval , obesity , insulin , glucose homeostasis
Early postmenopausal women with higher testosterone (T) levels have increased insulin resistance (IR) and cardiovascular risk factors, but whether this translates into increased cardiovascular disease later in life is unknown.