TESTOSTERONE-TESTOSTERONE ESTRADIOL BINDING GLOBULIN RATIO IN EVALUATING HIRSUTE WOMEN

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 27  (3) , 166-170
Abstract
Testosterone (T): testosterone estradiol binding globulin (TEBG) ratio is evaluated in 35 hirsute women (age 12-38 yr) and 14 healthy nonhirsute normal controls (age 21-40 yr). This is an attempt to emphasize the significance of TEBG in evaluating hirsute women. There is a significant negative linear correlation between the weight of the patients and TEBG concentrations (r = 0.414, P < 0.05). There is negative linear correlation between TEBG and serum free T concentration that reached significance only in the hirsute nonobese. T:TEBG ratio is significantly high in hirsute women compared to the controls. T:TEBG ratio shows a significant positive linear correlation with free T concentration. In addition, T:TEBG ratio is a direct simple method of evaluating hirsute women. Demulen and dexamethasone treatment produced a significant fall in T:TEBG ratio in hirsute women.

This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: