Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Urinary steroid metabolomics by GC-MS is an established method in clinic and research to describe steroidogenic disorders, but normative data are scarce.Methods: The 24-hour urinary excretion of 40 steroid metabolites was measured by GC-MS in 1128 adult participants of the Swiss Kidney Project on Genes in Hypertension (SKIPOGH), a multicenter, family-based, cross-sectional study. Sex- and age-specific reference ranges were created in the unit...