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ArticleJournal of clinical lipidology

Lipoprotein subtypes after testosterone therapy in transmasculine adolescents.

Kate Millington, Yee-Ming Chan

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Article in Journal of clinical lipidology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Cardiometabolic diseases in transgender populations.Cardiovascular diabetology. Endocrinology reports · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kate MillingtonDivision of Endocrinology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Electronic address: kate.millington@childrens.harvard.edu.
Yee-Ming ChanDivision of Endocrinology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Boston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

The Impact of Early Medical Treatment in Transgender YouthR01HD082554 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES · PI CHAN, YEE-MING, GAROFALO, ROBERT · 2015 to 2024
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NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD082554
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Differences in lipoprotein-particle subclasses between men and women start in puberty and narrow after menopause, suggesting a role for sex steroids. In this cross-sectional cohort study, we examined lipoprotein subtype profiles in transmasculine adolescents treated with testosterone. Transmasculine adolescents (n = 17) had lipoprotein profiles that were similar to those of cisgender males (n = 33) and more atherogenic than those of cisgender females (n = 32), with higher concentrations of small low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particles (435 ± 222 nmol/L vs. 244 ± 163 nmol/L, p = 0.008) and lower concentrations of large high-density lipoprotein (HDL) particles (1.5 ± 1.3 μmol/L vs 2.7 ± 1.2 μmol/L, p = 0.003) when compared to cisgender females. Thus, testosterone appears to be a major contributor to differences in lipoprotein profiles, a surrogate for cardiovascular disease risk, between cisgender women and both transgender and cisgender men.

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AdolescentAndrogensChildCholesterol, HDLCholesterol, LDLCohort StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHormone Replacement TherapyHumansLipoproteinsLipoproteins, HDLLipoproteins, LDLMaleParticle SizeTestosteroneAndrogensCholesterol, HDLCholesterol, LDLLipoproteinsLipoproteins, HDLLipoproteins, LDLTestosteroneAdolescentsLipidsLipoproteinsSex steroidsTestosteroneTransgender

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PMID34657833
PMCPMC8742606
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