Associations of body shape phenotypes with sex steroids and their binding proteins in the UK Biobank cohort

Abstract Associations of sex steroids and their binding proteins with body shape are unclear, because waist and hip circumference are correlated strongly with body size. We defined body shape using “a body shape index” (ABSI) and hip index (HI), which are independent of weight and height by design,...

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Main Authors: Sofia Christakoudi, Elio Riboli, Evangelos Evangelou, Konstantinos K. Tsilidis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14439-9

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