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
    Sarah Annemieke van Eeghen, Chantal M. Wiepjes, Laura Pyle, Martin den Heijer, Petter Bjornstad, Daniël H. van Raalte, Natalie Nokoff
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    🚨 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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