Associations between endogenous sex hormones and FGF-23 among women and men in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

Elevated levels of testosterone and fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) are both independently associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the relationship between sex hormones and FGF-23 is not well established. We explored the association between sex hormones and FGF-2...

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Main Authors: Oluseye Ogunmoroti, Olatokunbo Osibogun, Di Zhao, Rupal C Mehta, Pamela Ouyang, Pamela L Lutsey, Cassianne Robinson-Cohen, Erin D Michos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0268759