Gender affirming hormone therapyBody mass indexMany transgender people take hormone therapy to affirm their gender identity. One potential long-term consequence of gender affirming hormone therapy is increased body mass index (BMI), which may be associated with metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease ...
With GAHT, body composition and contours change towards the affirmed sex. Studies in bone health are reassuring, but special attention is needed for adolescent and adult trans women, aiming at adequate dosage of hormonal supplementation and stimulating therapy compliance. Existing epidemiological data ...
Gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) aims to align the characteristics of an individual with their gender identity. Typically, this means altering a person's hormone levels to match theirgender identity. Dr. Miguel Saraiva and team at the Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto—Hospital de Sa...
Individuals with greater reported experiences of gender-based discrimination were more likely to increase their dose beyond what was prescribed. This mechanism may be due in part to the desire to align one’s internal perceptions of one’s gender with one’s gender-affirming hormone goals. For ex...
Specific Risks Associated with Hormone Replacement Therapy In the study, people with gender dysphoria who had ever used hormone replacements saw nearly seven times the risk of ischemic stroke (a blockage in a vessel supplying blood to the brain), nearly six times the risk of ST elev...
After one year of gender-affirming hormone therapy, 30% of transgender females and 70% of transgender males had at least one ASCVD risk factor; and While there was no significant change in ASCVD risk factors for transgender females, transgender males experienced a significant decrease in HDL chole...
In addition, studies of cardiovascular complications of transgender hormone therapy are limited in number and complicated by poor control of medication regimen, presence of gender confirming surgery, use of prescribed medications for prevailing conditions, and alcohol, smoking or illicit substance use, ...
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Blood pressure changes with gender-affirming hormone therapy in transgender people Since the Sustainable Development Goals were adopted by the United Nations in 2015 and became well known, the recognition of transgender and gender-diverse... M Satoh - 《Hypertension Research Official Journal of the Ja...
Hormone therapyOrchiectomyGender confirmation surgeryBackground An estimated 1.4 million transgender individuals currently reside in the USA and this patient population is increasing on an annual basis (Am J Public Health 107: 1–8, 2017). Along with......