Open Medicine (May 2018)

Association of central obesity with sex hormonebinding globulin: a cross-sectional study of 1166 Chinese men

  • Liu Fangwei,
  • Shen Xubo,
  • Wang Ruifeng,
  • Yu Na,
  • Shi Yongjun,
  • Xiong Shimin,
  • Xiong Chengliang,
  • Zhou Yuanzhong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/med-2018-0030
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 196 – 202

Abstract

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Background Both sex hormone-binding globulin and central obesity have been found to be associated with metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. However, the direct relation between sex hormone-binding globulin and central obesity has not been demonstrated.

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