Serum Sex Hormones and the Risk of Fracture across the Menopausal Transition: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.

Conclusions: Serum E2 levels may help to identify women at higher risk of fractures over the menopausal transition. However, hormone assays must be standardized across laboratories for clinical implementation and further work is needed to define E2 thresholds.
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Source: The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism - January 23, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Cauley JA, Ruppert K, Lian Y, Finkelstein JS, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Harlow SD, Lo JC, Burnett-Bowie SM, Karlamangla A, Greendale GA Tags: J Clin Endocrinol Metab Source Type: research