SHBG Research
SHGB, Sex Hormone Binding Globulin, is becoming widely studied. It has a profound effect on both women’s and men’s health, especially in the areas of obesity, testosterone levels, insulin production and, in women, menstrual cycles.
SHBG
A study in Australia and published in the Obesity Journal, entitled “Obesity and Menstrual Irregularity: Associations With SHBG, Testosterone, and Insulin” concluded that both overall and central obesity were significantly associated with having an irregular menstrual cycle. This association was substantially influenced by hormonal factors, particularly insulin and SHBG. (1)
From the web site Diabetes Health comes an article that says low levels of SHBG, a type of protein, indicate a higher risk of type 2 diabetes. It reported that those with low levels of sex hormone binding globulin are ten times ore likely to develope type 2 diabetes than those with high levels.
The researcher concluded that levels of SHBG predicted the risk of type 2 diabetes better than such traditional factors as weight, smoking habits, exercise, and high blood pressure, and that it “significantly outperformed” such currently touted risk predictors as A1c and C-reactive protein.(2)
- Obesity (2009) 17 5, 1070–1076. doi:10.1038/oby.2008.641
- Low Levels of Sex Hormone Protein Indicate Higher Risk of Type 2, Says Study, http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/2009/08/11/6313/low-levels-of-sex-hormone-protein-indicate-higher-risk-of-type-2-says-study/?isComment=1
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