Reference Intervals for Clinical Chemistry Analytes for Transgender Men and Women on Stable Hormone Therapy.
Robert M HumbleDina N GreeneRobert L SchmidtGabrielle Winston McPhersonJessica RongitschKatherine L ImborekNicole NislyNancy J DoleSusan K DaneJanice FrerichsMatthew David KrasowskiPublished in: The journal of applied laboratory medicine (2022)
Transgender individuals receiving either masculinizing or feminizing hormone therapy showed significant changes in some analytes that have sex-specific variation in the cisgender population. The clearest shifts toward affirmed gender were seen with enzymes for the estradiol and testosterone cohorts and with creatinine and HDL in the testosterone cohort.