Endocrine Abstracts

Endometrial hyperplasia has been reported in up to 15% of transmen. For this reason the current clinical practice suggest that the uterus should be scanned every 2 years.This is the single centre retrospective audit study at the largest UK Gender Identity Clinic to examine the incidence of endometrial hyperplasia in transmen.Between 2006 and 2012. 200 patients having been maintained on testosterone therapy for 2 years, of those 108...

Objective: This is a prospective audit looking at cardiovascular parameters in transpeople comparing those who have self medicated verses those who have not.Methods: Patients attending a workshop for new patients were questioned about cardiovascular risk factors including diabetes hypertension and smoking status. Measurements were made of lipid profile, glucose, blood pressure, waist, height and weight measurement. Those that were self medicating (SM) we...

A retrospective single centre audit was conducted on the effects of polycythaemia in trans-male and native male.Polycythaemia is a recognised side effect of testosterone treatment. It could be viewed as a maker of excess testosterone action. We examined whether lipid profiles as a marker of cardiovascular risk differed in a population of polycythaemic transmen (TM) and native males (NM).Forty-six NM and 12 TM were identified to hav...