Anti-Mullerian Hormone Levels and Urinary Cortisol in Women With Chronic Abdominal Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the association of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity with ovarian functioning in women with and without chronic abdominal pain (CAP).

Design and setting

A secondary data analysis was performed with data from female participants in a natural history protocol at the National Institutes of Health.

Participants

A total of 36 women (age range = 19-39 years, mean = 27.11 years) were included in the study.

Methods

This pilot study was conducted with a subset of participants enrolled in a natural history protocol conducted in the Hatfield Clinical Research Center at the National Institutes of Health. The parent study included participants with and without CAP who provided a 5-hour urine sample for determination of cortisol levels and serum sa

SUBMITTER: Hardy TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5107147 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov - Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature