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Liu Z, Cappola AR, Crofford LJ et al. 2014. Modeling Bivariate Longitudinal Hormone Profiles by Hierarchical State Space Models. J Am Stat Assoc. 109(505):108-118. “The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is crucial in coping with stress and maintaining homeostasis. Hormones produced by the HPA axis exhibit both complex univariate longitudinal profiles and complex relationships among different hormones. Consequently, modeling these multivariate longitudinal hormone profiles is a challenging task.” These authors propose a model to deal with interactive hormone balances. “Application of the proposed method to a study of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia reveals that the relationships between adrenocorticotropic hormone and cortisol in the patient group are weaker than in healthy controls”.
Matilainen V, Laakso M, Hirsso P. 2013. Hair loss, insulin resistance, and heredity in middle-age women. A population-based study. J Cardiovasc Risk. 10(3):227-231. Insulin resistance is associated with “…large waist and neck circumferences, abdominal obesity by waist to hip ration, mean insulin concentration or urinary albumin to creatinine ratio. Although extensive hair loss has been linked to men with insulin resistance, this study found it is present in women too. Female hair loss has been linked to hyper-androgenism, hirsutism, and polycystic ovary syndrome. These researchers found a 31.2% presence of extensive hair loss in patients with insulin resistance. Women in the highest percentiles of waist and neck circumference had greater risk of hair loss”.