Subscribe to: Heart Care Info RSS Feed  

Heart Care Info - Heart Disease Prevention & Treatment

  Heart health     Cardiopathy     Heart study     Cardiology      Email A Friend  
Heart disease
Heart attack
Heart failure
Heart surgery
Heart Care Info
Heart transplantation
Bypass surgery
Cardiovascular disease
Arrhythmia
Atherosclerosis
Heart rate
Cardiac arrest
Cardiac death
Cardiac surgery
Cardiovascular system
Cardiomyopathy
Endocarditis
Cardiomegaly
Myocarditis


Circulating Testosterone and SHBG Concentrations Are Heritable in Women The Framingham Heart Study, heart study

Circulating Testosterone and SHBG Concentrations Are Heritable in Women: The Framingham Heart Study


Heart Care Guide - http://www.heartcareguide.net

AD Coviello, WV Zhuang, KL Lunetta... - Journal of Clinical ..., 2011 - Endocrine Soc Abstract Context: Many factors influence the concentration of circulating testosterone and its primary binding protein, SHBG. However, little is known about the genetic contribution to their circulating concentrations in women, and their heritability in women is not well ...

Sections of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology (A.D.C., R.S.V.), Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition (A.D.C., S.B., J.U., A.Z.), and General Internal Medicine (J.M.M.), Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, and Department of Biostatistics (W.V.Z., K.L.L.), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02118; Institute for Aging Research (D.K., D.P.K.), Hebrew Senior Life, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02131; and Framingham Heart Study (K.L.L., R.S.V., J.M.M.), Framingham, Massachusetts 01702

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Andrea Coviello, M.D., M.Sc., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Boston University School of Medicine, 760 Harrison Avenue, Harrison Court B91, Boston, Massachusetts 02118. E-mail: coviello{at}bu.edu.

More Details:

Circulating Testosterone and SHBG Concentrations Are Heritable in Women: The Framingham Heart Study
Cardiovascular health
Cardiovascular surgery
Coronary artery disease
Coronary artery bypass graft

Subscribe to Heart Care Info by Email
Your email address:

Heart Care Guide
Life & Health Center
Find Doctor in Town
Health Care Jobs
Heart disease treatment