Changes in Kidney Hemodynamics During Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy in Transgender Individuals - Findings from the KNIGHT Pilot Study
October 2024
in “
Journal of the Endocrine Society
”
🚨 The study is primarily focused on kidney hemodynamics and hormone therapy, which is tangentially related to hormones affecting human hair, but does not directly address hair or scalp health.
Studysummary This study found that feminizing hormone therapy increased GFR in transgender individuals assigned male at birth, suggesting an effect of sex hormones on kidney hemodynamics, while masculinizing therapy showed a slight, nonsignificant decrease in GFR.
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