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Female Sex Hormones Pattern and Its Relation to Disease Severity and Treatment in Pre- and Postmenopausal Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (Genotype 4) Infection
Joint Authors
Ahmed, Nora H.
El-Abaseri, Taghrid B.
El-Sayed, Hesham F.
El-Serafi, Taher I.
Source
International Journal of Chronic Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-08-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) course revealed differences between men and women.
Male gender and postmenopausal women are thought to be of the critical factors affecting HCV infection progression.
The study aimed to assess female sex hormones and their relation to disease severity and treatment in HCV infected females.
Subjects were divided to 2 groups: 44 CHC female patients and 44 controls.
Both groups were classified to premenopausal and postmenopausal females.
Serum estradiol (E2), progesterone (PRG), and total testosterone (TT) were assessed using chemiluminescent immunoassay.
Our results showed that menopausal patients had significantly higher levels of estradiol, total testosterone, and progesterone compared to controls ( P < 0.001 ).
Reproductive aged patients had lower level of total testosterone compared to menopausal patients ( P < 0.001 ).
HCV infected females of reproductive age had higher level of progesterone compared to menopausal HCV infected females ( P = 0.0014 ).
Indicators of disease severity and treatment response were significantly worse in menopausal women compared to reproductive aged women (fibrosis: P < 0.001 , activity: P = 0.045 , and treatment: P < 0.001 ).
We observed that lower estradiol level may be related to fibrosis severity in CHC females.
Higher total testosterone and progesterone levels may be related to fibrosis severity and poor response to treatment in CHC menopausal females only.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ahmed, Nora H.& El-Abaseri, Taghrid B.& El-Sayed, Hesham F.& El-Serafi, Taher I.. 2015. Female Sex Hormones Pattern and Its Relation to Disease Severity and Treatment in Pre- and Postmenopausal Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (Genotype 4) Infection. International Journal of Chronic Diseases،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ahmed, Nora H.…[et al.]. Female Sex Hormones Pattern and Its Relation to Disease Severity and Treatment in Pre- and Postmenopausal Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (Genotype 4) Infection. International Journal of Chronic Diseases No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ahmed, Nora H.& El-Abaseri, Taghrid B.& El-Sayed, Hesham F.& El-Serafi, Taher I.. Female Sex Hormones Pattern and Its Relation to Disease Severity and Treatment in Pre- and Postmenopausal Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (Genotype 4) Infection. International Journal of Chronic Diseases. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1065376
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1065376