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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Volume 102, Issue 9, Pages 3381-3389Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2017-00967
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- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) [DK072041, DK048489, DK53061]
- NIDDK
- Indian Health Service
- General Clinical Research Center Program
- National Center for Research Resources
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- National Institute on Aging
- National Eye Institute
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- Office of Research on Women's Health
- National Center for Minority Health and Human Disease
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- American Diabetes Association
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Parke-Davis
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Context: The degree to which changes in visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) relate to corresponding changes in plasma sex steroids is not known. Objective: We examined whether changes in VAT and SAT areas assessed by computed tomography were associated with changes in sex hormones [dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), testosterone, estradiol, estrone, and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG)] among Diabetes Prevention Program participants. Design: Secondary analysis of a randomized trial. Participants: Overweight and glucose-intolerant men (n = 246) and women (n = 309). Interventions: Intensive lifestyle change with goals of weight reduction and 150 min/wk of moderate intensity exercise or metformin administered 850 mg twice a day or placebo. Main Outcome Measures: Associations between changes in VAT, SAT, and sex hormone changes over 1 year. Results: Among men, reductions in VAT and SAT were both independently associated with significant increases in total testosterone and SHBG in fully adjusted models. Among women, reductions in VAT and SAT were both independently associated with increases in SHBG and associations with estrone differed by menopausal status. Associations were similar by race/ethnicity and by randomization arm. No significant associations were observed between change in fat depot with change in estradiol or DHEAS. Conclusions: Among overweight adults with impaired glucose intolerance, reductions in either VAT and SAT were associated with increased total testosterone in men and higher SHBG in men and women. Weight loss may affect sex hormone profiles via reductions in visceral and subcutaneous fat.
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