Clinical significance of serum gonadotropin and androgen levels among Egyptian overweight/obese pubertal girls.

Sahar Abd El-Raufe El-MasryRehab A MahmoudHanaa H AhmedMuhammad Al-TohamyHend M Abdel LatifMahmoud A S Afify

Published in: Journal of complementary & integrative medicine (2021)

Overweight/obesity had no effect on the correlations between gonadotropin and androgen on one side, with the anthropometric measurements and laboratory investigations on the other one. Alterations in androgen levels occur at earlier ages than gonadotropin, among both overweight and obese girls.

Keyphrases

weight loss
weight gain
bariatric surgery
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
physical activity
adipose tissue
insulin resistance
body composition
obese patients
body mass index