title: Hormone levels in 12- to 15-year-old boys and girls in Spain and their relationship with anthropometric variables.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine hormone levels in a population-based sample of pubertal children and evaluate their association with anthropometric parameters.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sex steroid levels were assessed using RIA and IRMA.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In boys, changes in weight and height across the period were accompanied by changes in testosterone and SHBG. In girls, anthropometric variables did not change and were not correlated with estradiol.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We observed an association between hormone levels and anthropometric changes when active growth associated with puberty was taking place.
authors.affiliation: Lipid Unit, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. cgarces@fjd.es
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garcés
authors.forename: Iria
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: de Oya
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: López-Simón
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schoppen
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Oya
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology*; D001827:Body Height / Q000502:physiology; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology; D002648:Child; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D013739:Testosterone; D004958:Estradiol