ArticleEuropean journal of endocrinology2017
Maternal and female fetal testosterone levels are associated with maternal age and gestational weight gain.
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- Association between sex steroid hormones and subsequent hyperglycemia during pregnancy.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Anthropometric measures do not explain the 2D:4D ratio sexual dimorphism in 7-year-old children.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2022Article
- Endocrine and metabolic interactions in healthy pregnancies and hyperinsulinemic pregnancies affected by polycystic ovary syndrome, diabetes and obesity.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- The Variability and Determinants of Testosterone Measurements in Children: A Critical Review.Biological research for nursing · 2021Review
- Endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome are diametric disorders.Evolutionary applications · 2021Review
- The Prenatal Hormone Milieu in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
- Postpartum Depression: Current Status and Possible Identification Using Biomarkers.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Review
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Abstract
objectivePrenatal androgen exposure has been suggested to play a role in polycystic ovary syndrome. Given the limited information on what maternal characteristics influence maternal testosterone levels, and the even less explored routes by which female fetus androgen exposure would occur, the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of maternal age, BMI, weight gain, depressed mood and aromatase SNPs on testosterone levels in maternal serum and amniotic fluid of female fetuses.
methodsBlood samples from pregnant women (
resultsMultiparity (β = -0.28, WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE
findingsYoung maternal age and excessive maternal weight gain may increase the prenatal androgen exposure of female fetuses. Further studies are needed to explore this finding.
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