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increasing cord blood C-peptide concentrations ( 5 ). Are there sex differences in the effect of PA on fetal growth? Both sexes follow different growth trajectories and fetal insulin is associated with length and weight in a sex-specific manner ( 6 , 7
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Rapp M Walczak-Jedrzejowska R Marchlewska K Oszukowska E Nordenstrom A & DSD- LIFE G roup . Risk of gonadal neoplasia in patients with disorders/differences of sex development . Cancer Epidemiology 2020 69 101800. ( https://doi.org/10
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Introduction Morphological and physiological differences associated with sex are common in animals ( 1 ), many of them depend on gonadal hormones and sex chromosomes ( 2 ). Men and women differ in metabolism and energy balance ( 3 ). However
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suggested to influence several extra-glycemic, metabolic, and endocrinological parameters, such as the sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG). SHBG is a glycoprotein produced in the liver, which regulates the bioavailability of sex steroids for target tissues
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Introduction Sex hormones are important determinants of regional body fat distribution, as evidenced by gender differences in body fat distribution. Indeed, an increase in oestrogen levels are related to greater gynoid body fat deposition ( 1
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identified as having prediabetes, a disorder that substantially increases the risk for diabetes ( 4 ). Thus, identification of relevant blood-based biomarkers allowing risk stratification in obese patients is required. As sex-specific differences in glucose
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laboratories. To normalize the values across the IGF-1assays and adjust for the age- and sex-related differences, IGF-1 values were expressed as IGF-1 index (IGF-1/upper limit of normal (ULN) for each patient).This is a common approach undertaken in most
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of CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 ( 3 , 4 ) while in the case of mice, males express greater levels of CYP2D9 ( 2 ). (ii) The sexual dimorphisms in CYP expression are determined by sex differences in the circulating growth hormone (GH) profiles in adulthood. More
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revealed slight sex differences in circulating E 2 levels in children below 7 years of age ( 6 ). These results indicate that sex-specific hormone production begins before adrenarche. However, given the limited number of previous reports, these data
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variation in kisspeptin concentrations at any age. Regarding PDS scores ( Fig. 1B ), boys had higher kisspeptin concentrations than girls from PDS score 2 onward. For DHEA-S and testosterone ( Fig. 1C and D plots, respectively), sex differences are