Sex steroids and cardiovascular outcomes in transgender individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Conclusions: Low quality evidence suggests that sex steroid therapy may increase LDL-C and TG and decrease HDL-C levels in FTM, while oral estrogens may increase TGs in MTF. Data about patient important outcomes remain sparse.
PMID: 28945852 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Maraka S, Singh Ospina N, Rodriguez-Gutierrez R, Davidge-Pitts CJ, Nippoldt TB, Prokop LJ, Murad MH Tags: J Clin Endocrinol Metab Source Type: research
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