Open AccessEvidence for Geographical and Racial Variation in Serum Sex Steroid Levels in Older Men
Author(s) -
Eric Orwoll,
Carrie M. Nielson,
Fernand Labrie,
Elizabeth BarrettConnor,
Jane A. Cauley,
Steven R. Cummings,
Kristine E. Ensrud,
Magnus K. Karlsson,
Edith Lau,
Ping Chung Leung,
Östen Lunggren,
Dan Mellström,
Alan L. Patrick,
Marcia L. Stefanick,
Kozo Nakamura,
Noriko Yoshimura,
Joseph M. Zmuda,
Liesbeth Vandenput,
Claes Ohlsson
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.2009-2435
Subject(s) - variation (astronomy) , demography , testosterone (patch) , geography , psychology , medicine , sociology , physics , astrophysics
Despite considerable racial and geographical differences in human phenotypes and in the incidence of diseases that may be associated with sex steroid action, there are few data concerning variation in sex steroid levels among populations. We designed an international study to determine the degree to which geography and race influence sex steroid levels in older men.
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