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ArticlePloS one2016

Associations of Serum Levels of Sex Hormones in Follicular and Luteal Phases of the Menstrual Cycle with Breast Tissue Characteristics in Young Women.

Linda Linton, Monica Taylor, Sheila Dunn, Lisa Martin, Sonia Chavez, Greg Stanitz, Ella Huszti, Salomon Minkin, Norman Boyd

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Linda LintonCampbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8839-8302
Monica TaylorCampbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Sheila DunnFamily Practice Health Centre, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Lisa MartinCampbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Sonia ChavezSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Greg StanitzSunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Ella HusztiCampbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Salomon MinkinPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre, and Imaging Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Norman BoydCampbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre · CAPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre · CAWomen's College Hospital · CA

Funding

Determinants of breast tissue composition in young womenR01CA135101 · NCI · UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK · PI BOYD, NORMAN F, ROMMENS, JOHANNA M · 2010 to 2015
$3.1M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA135101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn previous work in young women aged 15-30 years we measured breast water and fat using MR and obtained blood for hormone assays on the same day in the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle. Only serum growth hormone levels and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) were significantly associated with percent breast water after adjustment for covariates. The sex hormones estradiol, progesterone and testosterone were not associated with percent water in the breast in the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle. In the present study we have examined the association of percent breast water with serum levels of sex hormones in both follicular and luteal phase of the menstrual cycle.

methodsIn 315 healthy white Caucasian young women aged 15-30 with regular menstrual cycles who had not used oral contraceptives or other hormones in the previous 6 months, we used MR to determine percent breast water, and obtained blood samples for hormone assays within 10 days of the onset of the most recent menstrual cycle (follicular phase) of the cycle on the same day as the MR scan, and a second blood sample on days 19-24 of the cycle. Serum progesterone levels of > = 5 mmol/L in days 19-24 were used to define the 225 subjects with ovulatory menstrual cycles, whose data are the subject of the analyses shown here.

resultsSHBG was positively associated with percent water in both follicular and luteal phases of the menstrual cycle. Total and free estradiol and total and free testosterone were not associated with percent water in the follicular phase, but in young women with ovulatory cycles, were all negatively associated with percent water in the luteal phase.

conclusionsOur results from young women aged 15-30 years add to the evidence that the extent of fibroglandular tissue in the breast that is reflected in both mammographic density and breast water is associated positively with higher serum levels of SHBG, but not with higher levels of sex hormones.

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AdultBreastContraceptives, OralEstradiolFemaleFollicular PhaseHumansLuteal PhaseProgesteroneSex Hormone-Binding GlobulinYoung AdultContraceptives, OralEstradiolProgesteroneSex Hormone-Binding Globulin

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PMID27716810
PMCPMC5055356
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