Risk of Diabetes Linked to Sex Hormone Protein

SOURCE:  MedPage Today

DATE: August 5, 2009

EXCERPT:  "People with low blood levels of a protein that regulates sex hormones are at higher risk of diabetes, and genetics may play a role in determining both the levels and the risk, ....  Men and women with the lowest blood levels of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) were 10 times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those with the highest levels of the protein ...."   more

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Ding EL, Song Y, Manson JE, Hunter DJ, Lee CC, Rifai N, Buring JE, Gaziano JM, Liu S. Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women and Men. N Engl J Med. 2009 Aug 5.