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Somatic and hormonal status of the inhabitants of Novgorod region

Bets L.V. (1), Valz E.V. (1), Sayapina E.S. (2)

1) Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of biology, Department of anthropology, Leninskie Gory, 1, p.12, Moscow, 119991, Russia; 2) Federal State Clinical Institution, Administrative Department of President of RF, Moscow

Bets L.V., e-mail: larisa-bez@yandex.ru; Valz E.V., e-mail: katja-waltz@yandex.ru; Sayapina E.S.

Abstract

The results of the complex anthropological investigation of the native population of Novgorod region are given: somatic development, secretion of sex hormones (estradiole and testosterone), sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG). Altogether 179 women from 20 to 50 years old were studied. For comparison the level of steroid hormones in the Moscow female sample (N=480) was determined. Some specific patterns of hormonal status were found in Novgorod women that can prove the exertion of their functional mechanisms.

Keywords

somatic status, sex hormones, SHBG, constitutional types

Цит.: Bets L.V., Valz E.V., Sayapina E.S. Somatic and hormonal status of the inhabitants of Novgorod region // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2009; 2/2009; с. 4-15