Estrogens and androgens influence the growth and maintenance of the mammalian skeleton
and are responsible for its sexual dimorphism. Estrogen deficiency at menopause or loss of …

Objective: To determine the significance of the English Wikipedia as a source of online health
information. Design: The authors measured Wikipedia's ranking on general Internet search …

The Internet has become an important health information resource for patients and the
general public. Wikipedia, a collaboratively written Web-based encyclopedia, has become the …

Sex steroids are chief regulators of gender differences in the skeleton, and male gender is
one of the strongest protective factors against osteoporotic fractures. This advantage in bone …

… Association of age, frailty, and other baseline characteristics with mortality were evaluated
by Spearman r and multiple logistic regression. Survival according to frailty status was …

Context: During aging, total testosterone (TT) declines and SHBG increases, resulting in a
greater decrease in calculated free T (cFT). Currently, guidelines suggest using TT to …

Orthogeriatrics is increasingly recommended in the care of hip fracture patients, although
evidence for this model is conflicting or at least limited. Furthermore, there is no conclusive …

Context: Low testosterone (T) has been associated with incident metabolic syndrome (MetS),
but it remains unclear if this association is independent of sex hormone binding globulin (…

Bone is a biomechanical tissue shaped by forces from muscles and gravitation. Simultaneous
bone and muscle decay and dysfunction (osteosarcopenia or sarco-osteoporosis) is seen …

Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is the high-affinity binding protein for androgens and
estrogens. According to the free hormone hypothesis, SHBG modulates the bioactivity of sex …