Sex hormone traits 2020 GWAS: European ancestry females

Summary statistics are available for download from the GWAS Catalog.

Publications

Using human genetics to understand the disease impacts of testosterone in men and women.
Ruth KS, et al.
Nat Med. 2020 Feb;26(2):252-258. doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-0751-5. Epub 2020 Feb 10.
PMID: 32042192

Phenotypes

  • Bioavailable testosterone levels
  • Total testosterone levels
  • Sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels
  • Sex hormone-binding globulin levels adj BMI

Experiment summary

This study analyzed genetic associations for sex hormone traits in 230,454 female individuals of European ancestry from the UK Biobank cohort.

Dataset ID
Ruth2020_SexHormones_EU_Females