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  • Title: Familial effects on plasma sex-steroid content in man: testosterone, estradiol and Sex-hormone-binding globulin.
    Author: Meikle AW, Stanish WM, Taylor N, Edwards CQ, Bishop CT.
    Journal: Metabolism; 1982 Jan; 31(1):6-9. PubMed ID: 7200564.
    Abstract:
    We investigated whether familial factors influence the plasma content of sex-steroids and sex-hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) in 98 adult males of 66 families. They had no apparent endocrine dysfunction, The 0800-1100 hr plasma levels of testosterone, 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT), estradiol-17 beta (E2) and estrone (E1) were measured by radioimmunoassay. The free fractions of E2 and testosterone were determined by equilibrium dialysis, and binding capacity of SHBG was also calculated. The data were analyzed by analysis of variance. We observed that the differences in the plasma content of testosterone (p = .02). SHBG binding capacity (p = 0.1), and E2 (p = 0.3), free E2 index (p = .05) were all substantially less variable within groups of brothers than among non-brothers. The variability of the plasma concentration of DHT, free testosterone and E1 was not significantly less within brothers than among non-brothers. The correlation between either plasma testosterone content (r = .14) or SHBG binding capacity (r = .12) and percent of ideal body weight was not significant statistically. Age had no effect on the results. Our data suggest that genetic and/or environmental factors may affect the plasma content of testosterone, E2 and SHBG binding capacity.
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