Adipose Tissue Sex Steroids in Postmenopausal Women With and Without Menopausal Hormone Therapy

Abstract

Higher local estrogen to androgen ratios and high AT to serum ratios of estrogen concentrations in HT users suggest that HT may significantly influence intracrine sex steroid metabolism in AT; these local changes could be involved in the preventive effect of HT on menopause-associated abdominal adiposity.