Menstrual cycle characteristics and steroid hormone, prolactin, and growth factor levels in premenopausal women.
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SUBMITTER: Farland LV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5718047 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
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Menstrual cycle characteristics and steroid hormone, prolactin, and growth factor levels in premenopausal women.
Farland Leslie V LV Mu Fan F Eliassen A Heather AH Hankinson Susan E SE Tworoger Shelley S SS Barbieri Robert L RL Dowsett Mitch M Pollak Michael N MN Missmer Stacey A SA
Cancer causes & control : CCC 20171031 12
<h4>Purpose</h4>Menstrual cycle characteristics are markers of endocrine milieu. However, associations between age at menarche and adulthood sex steroid hormone levels have been inconsistent, and data on menstrual characteristics and non-sex steroid hormones are sparse.<h4>Methods</h4>We assessed the relations of menstrual characteristics with premenopausal plasma sex steroid hormones, sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), prolactin, and growth factors among 2,745 premenopausal women (age 32-52) ...[more]
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