Urinary endogenous sex hormone levels in postmenopausal women after caloric restriction in young adulthood.
We investigated whether the 1944-1945 Dutch famine has affected postmenopausal sex hormone concentrations with data from 163 women (young adults during the famine). Urinary sex hormone concentrations showed modest elevations with increasing famine exposure. Effects were absent in parous women, but more pronounced in women who had never given birth.
Elias
S G
SG
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center, PO Box 85500, Utrecht 3508 GA, The Netherlands. s.elias@jc.azu.nl
Onland-Moret
N C
NC
Peeters
P H M
PH
Rinaldi
S
S
Kaaks
R
R
Grobbee
D E
DE
Van Noord
P A H
PA
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D010298:Parity; D017698:Postmenopause; D013217:Starvation
D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones