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RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., EXTRAMURAL
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The association of endogenous sex hormones, adiposity, and insulin resistance with incident diabetes in postmenopausal women.

CONTEXT: In postmenopausal women, endogenous bioavailable testosterone (T) and estradiol (E2) have been positively associated, and SHBG has been negatively associated, with incident type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Previous studies have not explored possible factors explaining these relationships.

OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to examine the association of endogenous sex hormones with incident T2DM in postmenopausal women and possible explanatory factors.

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) is a prospective study that included 1612 postmenopausal women aged 45-84 yr, followed between the years 2000-2006, who were not taking hormone replacement therapy, had no prevalent cardiovascular disease or diabetes, and had complete ascertainment of sex hormones.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: T2DM was defined based on fasting glucose and/or treatment for diabetes.

RESULTS: There were 116 incident cases of diabetes during follow-up. Across higher quartiles of bioavailable T and E2 and lower quartiles of SHBG, we found significantly greater hazards of developing incident T2DM (all P for trend
CONCLUSIONS: Adiposity and insulin resistance explained most of the association of bioavailable T but only partially explained the associations of E2 and SHBG with incident T2DM among postmenopausal women.

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