Associations of waist circumference with sex steroid hormones among 4031 USA children and adolescents.

ABSTRACT: In the recent decades, obesity rates among children and adolescents, especially males, have increased significantly. This worldwide phenomenon is thought to significantly affect the levels of sex hormones. However, the association between waist circumference (a marker of abdominal obesity) and sex hormone levels in children and adolescents is unknown. In this study, 4031 participants aged 6-19 years from the United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in the USA were enrolled in this study. The common confounders of age, race, body mass index, educational level, family income, diabetes, and time of sample collection were also collected. The participants missing any of the above information were excluded from the study. We used multiple linear regression and othe

SUBMITTER: Wang ZY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10411260 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature