Associations Between Anxiety, Body Mass Index, and Sex Hormones in Women

Associations Between Anxiety, Body Mass Index, and Sex Hormones in Women

Background: Several studies have shown a positive association between anxiety and obesity, particularly in women. We aimed to study whether sex hormone alterations related to obesity might play a role in this association.Patients and methods: Data for this study were obtained from a population-based...

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Main Authors: Daniela Stanikova, Tobias Luck, Alexander Pabst, Yoon Ju Bae, Andreas Hinz, Heide Glaesmer, Juraj Stanik, Julia Sacher, Christoph Engel, Cornelia Enzenbach, Kerstin Wirkner, Uta Ceglarek, Joachim Thiery, Juergen Kratzsch, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
anxiety
body mass index
obesity
sex hormones
testosterone
estrogen
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00479/full

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