SHBG is a protein that "sticks" to reproductive hormones so they can be carried throughout your body. Menstrual problems tend to be most common in those with severe thyroid disease and less common ...

Objective—Recent data suggested that sex hormone–binding globulin (SHBG) levels decrease when fat accumulates in the liver and that circulating SHBG may be causally involved in the ...

Chubb and colleagues, therefore, examined the relative contributions of levels of total testosterone, free testosterone and SHBG to this increased risk of metabolic syndrome. They found that ...

Serum testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and estradiol were measured by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, and SHBG was measured by immunoradiometric assay. Free testosterone and free ...

An additional antiandrogenic effect of estrogens comes from their stimulation of liver production of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), a globulin that binds free-circulating androgens and ...