Sex Steroids, Sleep, and Metabolic Dysfunction in Women
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Increased plasma triglyceride concentration is a common feature of the metabolic abnormalities associated with obesity and a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Obesity is a major risk factor for two conditions that appear to be increasing in prevalence in women: the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and sleep disordered breathing. PCOS affects 5-8% of women. Sleep disordered breathing affects up to 10% of women. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common cause for sleep disordered breathing and particularly prevalent in obese women with PCOS (\~50%). Both PCOS and OSA augment the increase in plasma triglyceride (TG) concentration associated with obesity, and the effects of PCOS and OSA on plasma TG concentration appear to be additive. The mechanisms responsible for the adverse effects on plasma TG metabolism are not known. The primary goal of this project, therefore, is to determine the mechanisms responsible for the increase in plasma TG concentration in obese women with PCOS and OSA. It is our general hypothesis that alterations in the hormonal milieu that are characteristic of these two conditions are, at least in part, responsible for the increase in plasma TG concentration in obese women with the conditions. Furthermore, we hypothesize that the hormonal aberrations characteristic of the two conditions are particularly harmful to obese, compared with lean, women. The effects of PCOS on skeletal muscle protein metabolism are also not known. However, sex hormones are thought to be important regulators of muscle protein turnover suggesting that muscle protein metabolism is likely to be affected by PCOS. We will examine this by determining the effect of individual sex hormones on muscle protein metabolism and hypothesize that testosterone administration will stimulate muscle protein metabolism while estrogen and progesterone administration will inhibit muscle protein metabolism.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00805207
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 61 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- Progesterone Drug
- testosterone Drug
- glucocorticoid Drug
- continuous positive airway pressure Device
- Estrogen Drug
- Control Other
Drug · Device · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 75 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Aug 31, 2007
- Primary completion
- Feb 28, 2013
- Completion
- Feb 28, 2013
- Last update posted
- Jul 31, 2018
2007 – 2013
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington University School of Medicine | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
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