The Relationship of Circulating Dehydroepiandrosterone, Testosterone, and Estradiol to Stages of the Menopausal Transition and Ethnicity (original) (raw)

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1Departments of Population Health and Reproduction (B.L.L.), Davis, California 95616;

*Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Bill L. Lasley, Ph.D., Center for Health and the Environment, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616.

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3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (N.S.), Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York 10461;

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5Obstetrics and Gynecology (J.F.R.), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109;

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2Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (E.B.G.), University of California, Davis, California 95616;

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6Department of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine (S.C.), University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655;

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7Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health (G.W.), University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark New Jersey 07103

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4Departments of Epidemiology (M.F.S., D.S.M.), Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109;

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4Departments of Epidemiology (M.F.S., D.S.M.), Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109;

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10 January 2002

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01 August 2002

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Bill L. Lasley, Nanette Santoro, John F. Randolf, Ellen B. Gold, Sybil Crawford, Gerson Weiss, Daniel S. McConnell, Mary Fran Sowers, The Relationship of Circulating Dehydroepiandrosterone, Testosterone, and Estradiol to Stages of the Menopausal Transition and Ethnicity, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 87, Issue 8, 1 August 2002, Pages 3760–3767, https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem.87.8.8741
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In this report, 3029 women between the ages of 42 and 54 yr from five ethnic groups were studied for 2 yr. Log circulating dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) concentrations were highest among Chinese and Japanese and lowest among African Americans and Hispanics, and this pattern persisted after adjustment for age, smoking, and log body mass index (BMI). With the exception of Japanese women, log BMI was negatively related to log circulating DHEAS. The magnitude of this association varied by ethnic group, and the decline in log circulating DHEAS levels with higher log BMI was steepest for Chinese and least steep for Hispanics. The relationship between log DHEAS and log BMI was positive for Japanese. DHEAS levels did not decline at a steady rate during the menopausal transition and transiently increased in some women and increased, on average, during the transition to late perimenopause. These increases tended to be larger for Chinese, Hispanic, and Japanese than for African Americans and Caucasians, although the interactions were not statistically significant. Changes in circulating testosterone and, to a lesser extent, estradiol were correlated to changes in DHEAS. These data have importance in understanding the endocrinology of the menopausal transition, defining the relationship of adrenal steroid production during declining ovarian function and determining a rationale regarding DHEAS supplementation for older women.

Copyright © 2002 by The Endocrine Society

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