NDLI: Anthropometrical Measurements and Androgen Levels in Males, Females, and Hormonally Untreated Female-To-Male Transsexuals

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Author	Bosinski, Hartmut A. G. Schröder, Inge Peter, Michael Arndt, Reinhard Wille, Reinhard Sippell, Wolfgang G.
Copyright Year	1997
Abstract	To elucidate the relationship between body build, androgens, and transsexual gender identity, anthropometric measurements were assessed in 15 hormonally untreated female-to-male-transsexuals (FMT). Nineteen healthy women (CF) ( $$\bar X$$ = 22 years; 2 months), and 21 healthy men (CM) ( $$\bar X$$ = 23;7) were enrolled as controls. Baseline levels of testosterone (T; ng/dl), androstenedione (A4; ng/dl), dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS; ng/ml), and sex-hormone binding globulin (SHBG; μg/ml) were assessed in 12 FMT, 15 CF, and in all CM. No control was under hormonal medication (including contraceptives). Absolute measurements in FMT were in accordance with their biological sex: they showed only small differences from the CF. However, FMT differed from CF in 7 of 14 sex-dimorphic indices of masculinity/femininity in body build. Of these 14 indices, 9 did not show a difference between FMT and CM. Hence, FMT presented a more masculine body build, particularly in fat distribution and bone proportions. Levels of T and A4 were significantly higher in FMT than in CF (T: 54.0 ± 13.8 vs. 41.1 ± 12.8; A4: 244.8 ± 73.0 vs. 190.5 ± 49.3), while DHEAS was higher in CM (3335 ± 951) than in CF (2333 ± 793) and in FMT (2679 ± 1089). Altogether, 83.3% of FMT and 33.3% of CF were above normal values for at least one measured androgen. SHBG in FMT (1.21 ± 0.70) and CF (1.87 ± 0.91) was higher than in CM (0.49 ± 0.18) and tended to be higher in CF than in FMT. Unbound T (T/SHBG ratio) was higher in FMT (72.0 ± 67.6) than in CF (26.4 ± 15.1) and correlated positively with manly body shape. Findings are discussed in relation to etiology of transsexualism.
Starting Page	143
Ending Page	157
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00040002
Journal	Archives of Sexual Behavior
Volume Number	26
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15732800
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Publisher Date	1997-01-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Social Issues Sex Research/Sex Therapy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Arts and Humanities Psychology

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