Project

Influence of sex steroids on bone mineralization and maturation, (pre)pubertal growth and body composition in late childhood and adolescence in males.

Code

3F021710

Duration

01 October 2010 → 30 September 2014

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)

Promotor

Jean Kaufman

Fellow

Sara Vandewalle

Research disciplines

Medical and health sciences
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Laboratory medicine
- Palliative care and end-of-life care
- Paediatrics and neonatology
- Regenerative medicine
- Other basic sciences
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Laboratory medicine
- Palliative care and end-of-life care
- Paediatrics and neonatology
- Regenerative medicine
- Other clinical sciences
- Other health sciences
- Nursing
- Other paramedical sciences
- Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
- Laboratory medicine
- Palliative care and end-of-life care
- Paediatrics and neonatology
- Regenerative medicine
- Other translational sciences
- Other medical and health sciences

Keywords

growth spurt bone mineralization bone maturation estrogen bodycomposition androgen child adolescent

Project description

Besides the influence of the individual sex steroid levels we want to investigate the influence of the estrogen/androgen ratio in determining the tempo of bone mineralization and maturation, growth spurt and body composition. We therefore will investigate those parameters during (pre)puberty, in males presenting conditions with suppressed aromatization (ideopatic osteoprosis) as well as in males with increased aromatization (obesity).