Urinary endogenous sex hormone levels in postmenopausal women after caloric restriction in young adulthood

S G Elias; N C Onland-Moret; P H M Peeters; S Rinaldi; R Kaaks; D E Grobbee; P A H Van Noord

doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6601513

Urinary endogenous sex hormone levels in postmenopausal women after caloric restriction in young adulthood

Br J Cancer. 2004 Jan 12;90(1):115-7. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601513.

Authors

S G Elias¹, N C Onland-Moret, P H M Peeters, S Rinaldi, R Kaaks, D E Grobbee, P A H Van Noord

Affiliation

¹ Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center, PO Box 85500, Utrecht 3508 GA, The Netherlands. s.elias@jc.azu.nl

Abstract

We investigated whether the 1944-1945 Dutch famine has affected postmenopausal sex hormone concentrations with data from 163 women (young adults during the famine). Urinary sex hormone concentrations showed modest elevations with increasing famine exposure. Effects were absent in parous women, but more pronounced in women who had never given birth.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cohort Studies
Female
Gonadal Steroid Hormones / blood*
Humans
Netherlands / epidemiology
Parity
Postmenopause
Starvation*

Substances

Gonadal Steroid Hormones