Body dimensions and thyroid hormone levels in premenopausal and postmenopausal women from Austria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8318585 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kirchengast (0000-0002-3220-7271, University of Vienna, corresponding author), Sylvia Kirchengast |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 487-497 |
| Publication date | 1994-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330940405 |
| PMID | 7977676 |
| OpenAlex | W2001872903 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 37 |
Correlations between thyroid hormone levels and body dimensions were investigated in a group of 124 premenopausal (ages 16–40 years) and 142 postmenopausal (ages 38–61 years) women from Vienna, Austria. Twenty‐nine absolute body dimensions and thirteen anthropometric indices were correlated with the serum levels of thyroxine, triiodothyronine, thyroid‐stimulating hormone, and thyroid‐hormone‐binding globulin as well as three hormone ratios (T3/T4, T4/TSH, T3/TSH). All hormones exhibited statistically significant correlations with 24 anthropometric variables and 11 indices. The correlations between thyroxine and triiodothyronine levels and the body measurements were predominantly positive in both proband groups. Higher thyroid hormone levels were associated positively with body dimensions, especially with the amount of subcutaneous fat tissue, in adult females independently of their menstrual status. The direction of the correlations between thyroid‐stimulating hormone and body measures as well as anthropometric indices differed between the premenopausal and the postmenopausal women. While in premenopausal women mainly positive correlations between anthropometric characters and the level of thyroid stimulating hormone occur, in postmenopausal women most of these correlations are negative. This is probably due to the decrease of thyroid‐stimulating hormone levels with increasing age, as well as with changes in body shape during the climacteric and after the menopause. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc
Hormone · Menopause · Postmenopausal women · Thyroid · Endocrinology · Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors · Hormonal and reproductive studies · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Physiology · Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
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| Citations per year | 0.03 |
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| Citation span | 1995 - 1995 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |