Serum Testosterone and Sex Hormone Binding Globulin Levels in Women with Androgenetic Alopecia

    November 1986 in “ PubMed ”
    G Georgala, V. S. Geroyannis and P. J. Papasotiriou, Panagiotis Stavropoulos
    TLDR Women with androgenetic alopecia have lower SHBG levels.
    The study assessed serum testosterone and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels in 8 women with androgenetic alopecia compared to 8 healthy controls. It found a statistically non-significant increase in serum testosterone levels in the alopecia group (p > 0.1). However, there was a statistically significant decrease in serum SHBG levels in the alopecia group compared to controls (p < 0.001).
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