Gender-Specific Independent and Combined Effects of the Progesterone and 17-Hydroxyprogesterone on Metabolic Syndrome: From the Henan Rural Cohort Study.
Mian WangLuting NieDandan WeiPengling LiuLi ZhangKeliang FanYu SongLulu WangQingqing XuJuan WangXiaotian LiuLinlin LiZhenxing MaoChongjian WangWenqian HuoPublished in: Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy (2021)
The association between P4 and MetS in postmenopausal women was positive, whereas 17-OHP was negatively associated with MetS in men. Additionally, their combination has a synergistic effect on MetS in postmenopausal women and an antagonistic effect on MetS in men.