title: Association of follicle-stimulating hormone and sex hormone binding globulin with the metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We compared the association of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) with metabolic syndrome (MetS).
  
  
  METHODS
  We examined 320 postmenopausal women (148 with MetS and 172 without MetS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  FSH was more strongly associated with MetS probability in the logistic regression model compared to SHBG. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves comparison showed greater areas under the curve for FSH than SHBG concentrations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  FSH exhibited a stronger coherence to MetS than SHBG in postmenopausal women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Nicholas Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stefanska
authors.forename: Grazyna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sypniewska
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ponikowska
authors.forename: Malgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cwiklinska-Jurkowska
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D016015:Logistic Models; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000097:blood*; D012372:ROC Curve; D012738:Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D012738:Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone