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ea0064019 | Androgen metabolism during weight loss in men with obesity | BES2019

Androgen metabolism during weight loss in men with obesity

Frederique Van de Velde , Koen Deventer , Wim Van Gansbeke , Peter Van Eenoo , Ieter Van Renterghem , Tom Fiers , Marc Kaufman Jean , Yves Van Nieuwenhove , Bruno Lapauw

Background: Men with obesity often have low total and, with increasing adiposity, also free testosterone (T) levels, which can partially restore when they lose weight. Although this is in part explained by lower sex-hormone binding globulin (SHBG) production and hypothalamic-pituitary downregulation, it is still not fully unraveled whether changes in androgen metabolization contribute to this phenomenon.Aim: Investigating metabolisation of sex steroids d...
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ea0063gp138 | Obesity | ECE2019

Androgen metabolism during weight loss in men with obesity

Velde Frederique Van de , Deventer Koen , Gansbeke Wim Van , Eenoo Peter Van , Renterghem Pieter Van , Fiers Tom , Kaufman Jean-Marc , Nieuwenhove Yves Van , Lapauw Bruno

Background: Men with obesity often have low total and, with increasing adiposity, also free testosterone (T) levels, which can partially restore when they lose weight. Although this is in part explained by lower sex-hormone binding globulin (SHBG) production and hypothalamic-pituitary downregulation, it is still not fully unraveled whether changes in androgen metabolization contribute to this phenomenon.Aim: Investigating metabolisation of sex steroids d...
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Endocrine Abstracts
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