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Body hair removal: Prevalence, demographics, and body experience among men and women in Germany
2020
Background: Body hair removal is an increasing trend that has an impact on the individual's body image. Aims: To characterize current body hair removal practices in Germany and the extent to which body hair removal was related to demographic characteristics, body image, and body mass index. Patients/Methods: A national survey was conducted from September to October 2016 in men and women in Germany. Body experience was measured by a standardized questionnaire. In addition to sociodemographic data, age, gender, education, marital status, monthly income, and body mass index were collected. Results: A total of n = 2510 participants aged 14 to 94 years (Mage = 48.4 years (SD = 18.2), 53.4% femal…
SEXUALHORMONE-BINDING GLOBULINE (SHBG) AND FREE TESTOSTERONE (FTE) IN PATIENTS WITH ULLRICH TURNLR SYNDROME(UTS) RECEIVING OXANDROLONE
1993
Our investigation showed that the concentration of SHBG decreased in healthy girls and boys at increased FIE concentrations. It was therefore the aim of the present study to examine the effects of anabolic steroid oxandrolone in SHBG and FTE concentrations in patients with Turner's syndrome. The normal dose to promote growth in patients wilh UTS is 0,1 mg/kg/BW. Our patients received a very low dose of 1,25 mg oxandrolone/doy. We analysed 21 sera of UTS patients. The determination of SHBG concentrations was performed with the IRMA (Famos diagnostics, Oulunsala, Finnland), the concentration of FTE was determined with the RIA (Immunchem.Corporation, Carson, USA). In 7 untreated UIS patients w…