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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 150 avhandlingar innehållade orden sex hormones.
16. Deviant sexual behavior, hormones and sex-chromosomal relationship : A study in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR)
Sammanfattning : The general aim of the present thesis was to gain insight into some biological factors that influencedeviant sexual performance. Two inbred strains selectively bred (hypertension) from the same Wistarrat colony were used: the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) and its normotensive progenitor theWistar Kyoto rat (WKY). LÄS MER
17. Obesity and Effects of Bariatric Surgery - with a Certain Focus on Women's Health
Sammanfattning : Severe obesity influences sex hormone levels in women, which may result in subfertility, menstrual disturbances, anovulation and hyperandrogenism as well as increased risk for complications during pregnancy and birthing. Bariatric surgery leads to long-term weight loss and resolution of several comorbidities including hormone imbalance. LÄS MER
18. Circulating markers of risk and etiology in colorectal cancer
Sammanfattning : Background: Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and women. Worldwide around 2 million individuals are diagnosed each year – a number expected to increase as colorectal cancer risk factors become more prevalent. LÄS MER
19. Risk factors for fractures - a link between metabolic bone disease and cardiovascular disease
Sammanfattning : Introduction: Fractures and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are a burden to society, as they result in high morbidity and mortality in both men and women. Aim: The aim was to study prospectively modifiable risk factors for fractures in the general population and to possibly identify a link between metabolic bone disease and CVD. LÄS MER
20. Register-based studies of sex steroid hormones and psychiatric disorders
Sammanfattning : The focus of this thesis is the interplay between sex steroid hormones, psychiatric- and neurodevelopmental disorders and adverse behavioral outcomes. Sex steroid hormones are mostly known for their role in sexual differentiation and reproduction, but have been suggested to be involved the etiology of several psychiatric disorders and in adverse behaviors that show prominent sex differences in prevalence. LÄS MER