Seasonality, waist-to-hip ratio, and salivary testosterone

van Anders, Sari M.; Hampson, Elizabeth; Watson, Neil V

Seasonality, waist-to-hip ratio, and salivary testosterone

dc.contributor.author	van Anders, Sari M.
dc.contributor.author	Hampson, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.author	Watson, Neil V
dc.date.accessioned	2011-05-13T17:17:11Z
dc.date.available	2011-05-13T17:17:11Z
dc.date.issued	2006-08
dc.identifier.citation	Psychoneuroendocrinology, Vol 31(7), 2006, 895-899 <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/83920>	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0306-4530
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/83920
dc.description	Patterns of seasonal variation in testosterone (T) and T-dependent measures are poorly understood in humans and particularly in women, despite their importance in other animals. We examined seasonal fluctuations in salivary T in women and men, and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) in women. Participants were 220 women and 127 men from central and West Coast North America. Results showed that T was significantly highest in autumn for both women and men, and that WHR in women closely matched the seasonal variation in T, with high values in the fall and summer. This suggests that T does show a reliable fluctuation over the seasons, which may result in meaningful fluctuations in behavioral, cognitive, and somatic variables associated with T.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	This research was funded by NSERC Discovery Grants to NVW (0194522) and EH.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Netherlands: Elsevier Science.	en_US
dc.subject	Waist-to-Hip Ratio	en_US
dc.subject	Seasonality	en_US
dc.subject	Salivary Testosterone	en_US
dc.title	Seasonality, waist-to-hip ratio, and salivary testosterone	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel	Psychology
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel	Social Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewed	Peer Reviewed	en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationum	Psychology, Department of	en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationother	Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University	en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationother	Department of Psychology and Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario	en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus	Ann Arbor	en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurl	http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/83920/1/seasonality_waist-to-hip-ratio_and_salivary_testosterone.pdf
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.psyneuen.2006.03.002
dc.identifier.source	Psychoneuroendocrinology	en_US
dc.owningcollname	Psychology, Department of

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