Birth Weight in Relation to Sex Steroid Status and Body Composition in Young Healthy Male Siblings | Zendy

Griet Vanbillemont | Zendy; Bruno Lapauw | Zendy; Veerle Bogaert | Zendy; Hélène De Naeyer | Zendy; Dirk De Bacquer | Zendy; Johannes Ruige | Zendy; JeanMarc Kaufman | Zendy; Youri Taes | Zendy

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Birth Weight in Relation to Sex Steroid Status and Body Composition in Young Healthy Male Siblings

Author(s) -

Griet Vanbillemont,

Bruno Lapauw,

Veerle Bogaert,

Hélène De Naeyer,

Dirk De Bacquer,

Johannes Ruige,

JeanMarc Kaufman,

Youri Taes

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

the 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.2009-2149

Subject(s) - endocrinology , medicine , testosterone (patch) , birth weight , population , sex steroid , sex hormone binding globulin , hormone , biology , steroid , androgen , pregnancy , environmental health , genetics

Sex steroid concentrations have a strong genetic determination, but environmental factors and body composition play an important role. From studies in children with intrauterine growth restriction, low birth weight has been associated with altered gonadotropin concentrations.

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