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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
The relationship between adipose tissue distribution, androgen levels, and metabolic complications of obesity was studied in 20 hirsute and 20 nonhirsute obese premenopausal women. The group of hirsute women showed preferentially an upper body type of obesity as assessed by the waist-to-hip ratio (0.902 + 0.017 v 0.778 +/- 0.015, P less than .01). They had higher serum concentrations of total testosterone (100.4 + 11.7 v 48.8 +/- 4.5 ng/dL, P less than .01) and lower levels of serum sex-hormone-binding globulin (28.1 +/- 3.6 v 44.0 + 4.2 nmol/L, P less than .05) exhibiting an increased androgenic activity as compared to the nonhirsute women. Serum glucose and insulin levels after an oral glucose load were significantly higher in the hirsute women. In addition, the group of hirsute females has significantly higher fasting concentrations of total cholesterol (5.82 +/- 0.28 v 4.75 +/- 0.14 mmol/L, P less than .05) and triglycerides (2.51 +/- 0.38 v 1.14 +/- 0.10 mmol/L, P less than .01). The hirsute group also showed higher systolic (166.7 +/- 5.1 v 142.1 +/- 4.5 mm Hg, P less than .01) and diastolic (100.9 +/- 3.6 v 85.2 +/- 2.5 mm Hg, P less than .01) blood pressure values than the nonhirsute women. Analysis of correlation revealed that an increasing waist-to-hip ratio was accompanied by increasing testosterone levels (r = .39, P less than .05) and by decreasing sex-hormone-binding globulin levels (r = .37, P less than .05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0026-0495
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
281-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Fat distribution, endocrine and metabolic profile in obese women with and without hirsutism.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Ulm, West Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article