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Publication Information
Affiliation
New England Research Institutes, 9 Galen Street, Watertown, Massachusetts 02472, USA.
Authors
Araujo AB, Chiu GR, Ding EL, Gates MA, Mekary RA, Wittert GA
Studies
Citation
Gates MA, Mekary RA, Chiu GR, Ding EL, Wittert GA, Araujo AB. Sex steroid hormone levels and body composition in men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2013 Jun;98(6):2442-50. Epub 2013 Apr 26.Abstract
Previous studies indicate that testosterone (T) is positively correlated with lean mass and inversely correlated with fat mass in men; however, the directionality of these associations, as well as the association with other hormones including estradiol (E2) and SHBG, is unclear.