The Association between the Levels of Serum Ferritin and Sex Hormones in a Large Scale of Chinese Male Population

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075908
• Publication Date: 2013-10-12T03:12:28Z
• Authors: Zhenfang Liu; Fanghui Ye; Haiying Zhang; Yong Gao; Aihua Tan; Shijun Zhang; Qiang Xiao; Bing Zhang; Lulu Huang; Bingbing Ye; Xue Qin; Chunlei Wu; Zheng Lu; Youjie Zhang; Ming Liao; Xiaobo Yang; Zengnan Mo
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Alcohol Drinking; Science; Body Mass Index; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Asian People; Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin; Humans; Testosterone; Gonadal Steroid Hormones; Aged; Estradiol; Q; Smoking; R; Age Factors; Middle Aged; Health Surveys; 3. Good health; Cross-Sectional Studies; Ferritins; Medicine; Research Article

The ferritin is an important participant of iron-storage but its regulation and related factors were not well defined. present objective was to explore the potential association between serum levels sex hormones.