Exploring the Relationships between Sex Hormones and Abdominal Muscle Area and Radiodensity in Postmenopausal Women: Insights from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

• Tác giả: Matthew Allison, Bledar Daka, Iva Miljkovic, Amar Osmancevic, Pamela Ouyang, Penelope Trimpou, Chantal A Vella
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 155.3 Sex psychology and psychology of the sexes
• Thông tin xuất bản: Ireland : Maturitas , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 641741

Tóm tắt

The relationships between sex hormone levels and muscle composition in postmenopausal women remain underexplored. To address this gap, we conducted a cross-sectional observational study utilizing data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Our analysis included 682 postmenopausal women aged 45-84 years with complete data, with a mean age of 63.3 years. Using abdominal computed tomography, we assessed abdominal muscle area (cm