Hormone levels in 12- to 15-year-old boys and girls in Spain and their relationship with anthropometric variables.
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.
Garcés
Carmen
C
Lipid Unit, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. cgarces@fjd.es
de Oya
Iria
I
López-Simón
Laura
L
Cano
Beatriz
B
Schoppen
Stefanie
S
Gil
Angel
A
de Oya
Manuel
M
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
D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D013739:Testosterone; D004958:Estradiol