PMID: 9183303May 1, 1997Paper

Interrelationships between weight loss, body fat distribution and sex hormones in pre- and postmenopausal obese women

Journal of Internal Medicine
E TurcatoO Bosello

Abstract

Relationships between regional body fat distribution and sex hormones as well as changes in sex hormones after weight loss were evaluated. All subjects were hospitalized in the Institute of Internal Medicine of the University of Verona. Twenty-six premenopausal (age 33.7 +/- 10.2 years) and 15 postmenopausal (age 57.9 +/- 5.9 years) obese women. Body weight, body-mass index, waist and hip circumferences, visceral fat by computed tomography and sex hormones were evaluated before and after 4 weeks on a very low energy diet. Body-mass index was higher in pre-than in postmenopausal women, although the difference was not significant. Total and free testosterone were significantly higher in the pre- than in the postmenopausal group (P < 0.001). Significant negative correlations were found between age and total testosterone (r = -0.65; P < 0.001), free testosterone (r = -0.54; P < 0.001), androstenedione (r = -0.46; P < 0.01) and urinary cortisol excretion (r = -0.50; P < 0.01). A negative correlation was found between visceral fat and total testosterone (r = -0.41; P < 0.01). After adjusting for age, the negative correlation between total testosterone and visceral fat encountered both in the subject group as a whole and in premenopau...Continue Reading

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