Endogenous sex steroid hormones and glucose in a South‐Asian population without diabetes: the Metabolic Syndrome and Atherosclerosis in South‐Asians Living in America pilot study
Needham B, Kim C, Mukherjee B, Bagchi P, Stanczyk F, Kanaya A. Endogenous sex steroid hormones and glucose in a South‐Asian population without diabetes: the Metabolic Syndrome and Atherosclerosis in South‐Asians Living in America pilot study. Diabetic Medicine 2014, 32: 1193-1200. PMID: 25443798, PMCID: PMC4449322, DOI: 10.1111/dme.12642.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndogenous sex steroid hormonesLevels of sex hormone-binding globulinAssociated with elevated fasting glucose levelsSex steroid hormonesSex hormone-binding globulinElevated fasting glucose levelsHormone-binding globulinSex steroid hormone levelsFasting glucose levelsSteroid hormone levelsGlucose levelsHepatic adipositySteroid hormonesWaist circumferenceMetabolic syndromeHigher levels of free testosteroneHormone levelsInsulin resistanceLevels of total testosteroneSouth Asian populationLevels of free testosteroneExogenous sex steroidsSouth AsiansAge-adjusted modelsAsian Indian origin