Sex steroids in relation to sexual and skeletal maturation in obese male adolescents Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is associated with an accelerated skeletal maturation. However, data concerning pubertal development and sex steroid levels in obese adolescents are scarce and contrasting.
OBJECTIVES: To study sex steroids in relation to sexual and skeletal maturation and to serum prostate specific antigen (PSA), as a marker of androgen activity, in obese boys from early to late adolescence.
METHODS: Ninety obese ...