Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: There is a great interest in the association of thyroid hormones and mood. Although it appears to be important interactions between the central regulation of mood and the thyroid axis, the effects of antidepressants and especially of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) remain ambiguous. We investigated the thyroid function in perimenopausal women suffering from depression.Material and methods: We examined 102 perimenopausal wome...

Introduction: Several studies have investigated determinants for androgen levels in men, but few studies have included women. Epidemiological evidence has suggested that cigarette smoking has an anti-oestrogenic effect in women, but the effects of smoking on steroid hormone metabolism are not fully understood. We investigated whether there is a relationship between androgen levels and smoking in perimenopausal women.Material and methods: We examined 75 p...