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Jankowska EW, Medras M, Rogucka EA. Body mass index, waist/hip ratio and androgen-estrogen activity in younger versus older Polish men. Aging Male. 2000;3(4):177-84doi: 10.1080/13685530008500366.
Jankowska, E. W., Medras, M., & Rogucka, E. A. (2000). Body mass index, waist/hip ratio and androgen-estrogen activity in younger versus older Polish men. The aging male : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of the Aging Male, 3(4), 177-84. https://doi.org/10.1080/13685530008500366
Jankowska, E W, et al. "Body mass index, waist/hip ratio and androgen-estrogen activity in younger versus older Polish men." The aging male : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of the Aging Male vol. 3,4 (2000): 177-84. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13685530008500366
Jankowska EW, Medras M, Rogucka EA. Body mass index, waist/hip ratio and androgen-estrogen activity in younger versus older Polish men. Aging Male. 2000 Dec;3(4):177-84. doi: 10.1080/13685530008500366. PMID: 16760023.
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Aging Male. 2000 Dec;3(4):177-84. doi: 10.1080/13685530008500366.

Body mass index, waist/hip ratio and androgen-estrogen activity in younger versus older Polish men.

The aging male : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of the Aging Male

E W Jankowska, M Medras, E A Rogucka

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  1. Institute of Anthropology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland.

PMID: 16760023 DOI: 10.1080/13685530008500366

Abstract

This study was performed to evaluate the associations between estradiol, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), free and total testosterone levels, and anthropometric parameters of general adiposity (body mass index, BMI) and fat distribution (waist/hip ratio, WHR), separately in two subgroups of healthy Polish men: younger (aged 22-39 years, n = 95) and older (aged 40 years and over, n = 141) subjects. Sex steroid levels were assessed using radioimmunoassay (RIA). BMI was used as a measure of general adiposity. WHR was used to estimate distribution of adipose depots. The relationships between sex steroids, BMI, WHR and age were evaluated by use of non-parametric statistics (Spearman coefficients). Aging was related to a reduction of all hormone levels (correlation coefficients with age: free testosterone r = -0.52, p < 0.001; total testosterone r = -0.25, p < 0.001; estradiol r = -0.18, p < 0.001; DHEAS r = -0.45, p < 0.001) and an increase of BMI and WHR for BMI r = 0.23, p < 0.001; for WHR r = 0.47, p < 0.001). A one way analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA) was applied separately in the two subgroups of subjects to assess the relationships between hormonal and anthropometric variables. In men aged 22-39 years, the total (but not free) testosterone and DHEAS (when controlled for age) significantly differentiated BMI values. In subjects aged 40 years and over, no associations between sex steroids and BMI were revealed. In younger males DHEAS differentiated WHR values (even when controlled for age and BMI), whereas after the age of 40 years an increased WHR was accompanied by increases in both estradiol and DHEAS levels. The associations between the androgen-estrogen activity and the anthropometric parameters of adiposity vary in younger versus older healthy men.

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