Neighborhood walkability and sex steroid hormone levels in women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Neighborhood walkability (NW) has been linked to increased physical activity, which in turn is associated with lower concentrations of sex hormones and higher concentration of SHBG in women. However, no study has directly examined the association of NW with female sex hormone levels.

Objective

We conducted a cross-sectional study to evaluate the association between NW and circulating levels of sex hormones and SHBG in pre- and post-menopausal women.

Methods

We included 797 premenopausal and 618 postmenopausal women from the New York University Women's Health Study (NYUWHS) who were healthy controls in previous nested case-control studies in which sex hormones (androstenedione, testosterone, DHEAS, estradiol and estrone) and SHBG had been measured in serum a

SUBMITTER: India-Aldana S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10039647 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature