Effect of obesity on blood glucose and hormonal levels of women

ABSTRACT

Serum blood glucose and hormonal levels of insulin, prolactin, progesterone, estradiol, cortisol, growth hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, thyroxine, triiodothyronine and free thyroxine of 139 randomly chosen women were estimated. The levels of progesterone, estradiol and growth hormone were significantly decreased in all obese women in comparison with the non- obese. In contrast, the level of follicle stimulating hormone of obese women was higher than that of non-obese cases. Comparison between gynoid and android obese women groups indicated that fat distribution had no significant effect on both serum glucose and hormonal levels