title: Physical characteristics and sex hormone levels in patients with osteoporotic hip fractures or endometrial cancer.
abstract: Comparisons were made of the physical characteristics and the sex hormone levels of 50 postmenopausal women, half of whom had sustained an osteoporotic hip fracture while the remainder had developed endometrial carcinoma. None of the patients had received estrogen replacement therapy for longer than 3 months during their lifetime. At the time of injury hip fracture patients were found to be lighter (121 +/- 5 versus 167 +/- 9 pounds) and older (73.4 +/- 1.0 versus 62.6 +/- 1.7 years) than the cancer patients at the time of diagnosis. Estrone, estradiol, percentage of free estradiol, and free estradiol levels were significantly lower in the hip fracture patients than in subjects with endometrial cancer, while sex hormone-binding globulin levels were significantly higher in the former group. Androstenedione and testosterone levels were similar. Previous studies have shown that the incidence of both lesions is influenced by body size. These data suggest that body size may exert this influence through alteration of endogenous estrogen metabolism with hip fracture patients having lower concentrations and endometrial cancer patients having higher concentrations of endogenous estrogens.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000735:Androstenedione / Q000097:blood; D001835:Body Weight; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D004970:Estrone / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D012738:Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin / Q000097:blood; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D012738:Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin; D004970:Estrone; D013739:Testosterone; D000735:Androstenedione; D004958:Estradiol