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Danny Doan, Yashika Sharma, David López Veneros, Billy A. Caceres. Caring for Sexual and Gender Minority Adults with Cardiovascular Disease. Nursing Clinics of North America 2023; 58(3) doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2023.05.010
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Shannon He, Riley Darby-McClure, Matthew E. Hirschtritt, Stacy A. Sterling, Michael J. Silverberg, Wendy A. Leyden, Alan H. Shu, Toren S. Andrewson, Vanessa A. Palzes. Primary Care–Based Alcohol Screening and Alcohol Use Among Transgender and Cisgender Adults in an Integrated Health System. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2026; 70(4) doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2025.108240
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Guillermo Velasco de Cos, María Teresa García Unzueta, Ana Moyano Martínez, Pedro Muñoz Cacho, Aurelia Villar Bonet, Armando Raul Guerra Ruiz, Bernardo A. Lavin-Gómez, Maialen Ormazabal Monterrubio, Luis Alberto Vázquez. Course of Testosterone Levels and Potential Biochemical Biomarkers of Androgenization with a Conservative Protocol of Androgen Hormone Therapy in Transgender Males. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2026; 15(16) doi: 10.3390/jcm15166498
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Megan C. Riddle, Joshua D. Safer. Medical considerations in the care of transgender and gender diverse patients with eating disorders. Journal of Eating Disorders 2022; 10(1) doi: 10.1186/s40337-022-00699-3
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Dorota Sluková, Carola Deischinger, Ivica Just, Ulrike Kaufmann, Siegfried Trattnig, Martin Krššák, Lana Kosi-Trebotic, Juergen Harreiter, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer. The effects of gender-affirming hormone therapy on myocardial, hepatic, pancreatic lipid content, body fat distribution and other cardiometabolic risk factors: A magnetic resonance-based study in transgender individuals. Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology 2025; 39 doi: 10.1016/j.jcte.2024.100379
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David Collister, Adeera Levin. The differential effects of sex hormone therapy on kidney function: insights into biological sex differences. Journal of Clinical Investigation 2025; 135(9) doi: 10.1172/JCI191907
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Pichatorn Suppakitjanusant, Yuhan Ji, Mary O. Stevenson, Panicha Chantrapanichkul, R. Craig Sineath, Michael Goodman, Jessica A. Alvarez, Vin Tangpricha. Effects of gender affirming hormone therapy on body mass index in transgender individuals: A longitudinal cohort study. Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology 2020; 21 doi: 10.1016/j.jcte.2020.100230
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Heather E. Schier, Krithika Chetty, Shivakriti Induri, Carolyn Gunther. When You Feel More at Home, You Want to Take Better Care of That Home: Key Informant Perspectives on Nutrition Priorities, Behaviors, and Health Promotion for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth—An Interpretive Descriptive Qualitative Research Study. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 2026; 126(8) doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2026.156354
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Amy K. Weimer. Genital Gender Affirming Surgery. 2024;  doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-69997-9_3
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Sri Venkata Madhu, Nishant Raizada. Transgender Health: A Metabolic Wake-Up Call. Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2026; 30(1) doi: 10.4103/ijem.ijem_58_26
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Kendra Albert, Maggie Delano. This Whole Thing Smacks of Gender. Proceedings of the 2021 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency 2021;  doi: 10.1145/3442188.3445898
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Justine Herndon, John Anderson McNeil, Salym Winter, Alice Y Chang. Metabolic effects of testosterone therapy in transgender and gender diverse individuals with polycystic ovary syndrome. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2026; 111(7) doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgag032
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Patel Reema, Shira Grock, Hill L. Wolfe, Nicholas Jackson, Joel Neugarten, Leila Hashemi. Kidney Health and Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy for Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2026; 21(1) doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000886
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Prachi Singh, Naima Covassin, Kara Marlatt, Kishore M. Gadde, Steven B. Heymsfield. Obesity, Body Composition, and Sex Hormones: Implications for Cardiovascular Risk. Comprehensive Physiology 2022; 12(1) doi: 10.1002/j.2040-4603.2022.tb00200.x
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Sarah A van Eeghen, Laura Pyle, Phoom Narongkiatikhun, Ye Ji Choi, Taryn G Vosters, Irene G M van Valkengoed, Petter Bjornstad, Sarah E Siegelaar, Natalie J Nokoff, Martin den Heijer, Daniël H van Raalte. Insulin Sensitivity and Associated Plasma Proteomics During Sex Hormone Therapy. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2026; 111(4) doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaf573
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Brendan J. Nolan, Ada S. Cheung. Relationship Between Serum Estradiol Concentrations and Clinical Outcomes in Transgender Individuals Undergoing Feminizing Hormone Therapy: A Narrative Review. Transgender Health 2021; 6(3) doi: 10.1089/trgh.2020.0077
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Nina S. Stachenfeld, Cheryl A. Leone, Stuart A. Weinzimer. Cardiometabolic benefits and risks for transgender youth with the initiation of gender-affirming hormone therapy: a case series. Journal of Applied Physiology 2026; 141(3) doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00519.2026
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Ingrid Bretherton, Cassandra Spanos, Shalem Y. Leemaqz, Gehan Premaratne, Mathis Grossmann, Jeffrey D. Zajac, Ada S. Cheung. Insulin resistance in transgender individuals correlates with android fat mass. Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism 2021; 12 doi: 10.1177/2042018820985681
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Prachi Singh, Naima Covassin, Kara Marlatt, Kishore M. Gadde, Steven B. Heymsfield. Comprehensive Physiology. 2021;  doi: 10.1002/cphy.c210014
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Felicity Austin, Kemi E Wright, Ben Jackson, Ashleigh Lin, Kai Schweizer, Bonnie J Furzer. A scoping review of trans and gender diverse children and adolescents’ experiences of physical activity, sport, and exercise participation. Mental Health and Physical Activity 2024; 26 doi: 10.1016/j.mhpa.2024.100576
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Carl G. Streed, Lauren B. Beach, Billy A. Caceres, Nadia L. Dowshen, Kerrie L. Moreau, Monica Mukherjee, Tonia Poteat, Asa Radix, Sari L. Reisner, Vineeta Singh. Assessing and Addressing Cardiovascular Health in People Who Are Transgender and Gender Diverse: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2021; 144(6) doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001003
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Simar Singh, Dennis Gibson, Andrea Garber, Marina Foster, Amy B. Stein, Philip S. Mehler. Serum Leptin and Thyroid Levels in Hospitalized Patients With Severe Eating Disorders. International Journal of Eating Disorders 2026;  doi: 10.1002/eat.70185
23
Harold Edward Bays, Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie, Courtney Younglove, Sean Wharton. Obesity Pillars Roundtable: Body mass index and body composition in Black and Female individuals. Race-relevant or racist? Sex-relevant or sexist?. Obesity Pillars 2022; 4 doi: 10.1016/j.obpill.2022.100044
24
Daphna Joel, Cordelia Fine. Who Is a Woman: Sex, Gender and Policy Making. Journal of Controversial Ideas 2022; 2(2) doi: 10.35995/jci02020006
25
Sarah A. Kanbour, Adrian S. Dobs. Hyperandrogenism in Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Pathophysiology and Controversies. Androgens: Clinical Research and Therapeutics 2022; 3(1) doi: 10.1089/andro.2021.0020
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Ísis Gois, Débora C.K. Lichtenecker, Nathália Beserra, Emily Rocha Cordeiro, Isadora Gonçalves Almeida, Isabela Borges da Silveira, João Guimarães Ferreira, Felipe Behrends Rodrigues, Charlles Heldan de Moura Castro, Guiomar Nascimento Gomes, Magnus R. Dias-da-Silva. Evaluating changes in body composition, bone mass, and metabolic profile in an animal model undergoing transfeminine hormone therapy and physical exercise. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN 2024; 64 doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2024.10.150
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Fadi Adel, Connor D. Walsh, John Bretzman, Philip Sang, Kyla Lara-Breitinger, Madeline Mahowald, Arvind Maheshwari, Christopher G. Scott, Alexander T. Lee, Caroline J. Davidge-Pitts, Patricia A. Pellikka, Rekha Mankad. Transgender Women Exhibit a Distinct Stress Echocardiography Profile Compared With Age-Matched Cisgender Counterparts: The Mayo Clinic Women’s Heart Clinic Experience. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 2024; 37(8) doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2024.05.004
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Laura Sánchez Amador, Antonio Becerra Fernández, María Victorina Aguilar Vilas, Rosa Rodríguez Torres, María Concepción Alonso Rodríguez. Body composition and risk for sarcopenia in transgender women. Nutrition 2024; 123 doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2024.112398
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Z. Paige L'Erario, Alice Catalano, Fawaz Al-Mufti, Scout Silverstein, Salvatore Giovanni Volpe, Marissa Adams, Jaclyn M. Martindale, Darnell K. Adrian Williams, Asa E. Radix, Mill Etienne, Nicole Rosendale. Cerebrovascular Health Among Sex- and Gender-Diverse People. Neurology Clinical Practice 2025; 15(2) doi: 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200450
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Noreen Islam, Rebecca Nash, Qi Zhang, Leonidas Panagiotakopoulos, Tanicia Daley, Shalender Bhasin, Darios Getahun, J Sonya Haw, Courtney McCracken, Michael J Silverberg, Vin Tangpricha, Suma Vupputuri, Michael Goodman. Is There a Link Between Hormone Use and Diabetes Incidence in Transgender People? Data From the STRONG Cohort. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2022; 107(4) doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgab832
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Keila Turino Miranda, Dina N. Greene, David Collister, Matthew D. Krasowski, Sofia B. Ahmed, Lauren R. Cirrincione, Sylvia E. Rosas, Nathalie Saad, Christina C. Pierre. A Holistic Framework for the Evaluation of Kidney Function in a Gender-Diverse Landscape. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2024; 84(2) doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2024.01.522
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Madeline K Mahowald, Arvind K Maheshwari, Kyla M Lara-Breitinger, Fadi W Adel, Patricia A Pellikka, Caroline J Davidge-Pitts, Todd B Nippoldt, Birgit Kantor, Rekha Mankad. Characteristics of Transgender Women Referred to Women's Heart Clinic. American Journal of Preventive Cardiology 2021; 7 doi: 10.1016/j.ajpc.2021.100223
33
Sean J. Iwamoto, John D. Rice, Kerrie L. Moreau, Marc-André Cornier, Margaret E. Wierman, Mary P. Mancuso, Amanuail Gebregzabheir, Daniel B. Hammond, Micol S. Rothman. The association of gender-affirming hormone therapy duration and body mass index on bone mineral density in gender diverse adults. Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology 2024; 36 doi: 10.1016/j.jcte.2024.100348
34
Chris S. Coyle, Melanie Prescott, David J Handelsman, Kirsty A. Walters, Rebecca E. Campbell. Chronic androgen excess in female mice does not impact luteinizing hormone pulse frequency or putative GABAergic inputs to GnRH neurons. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 2022; 34(4) doi: 10.1111/jne.13110
35
Chelsea N. Fortin, Molly B. Moravek. Medical Transition for Gender Diverse Patients. Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports 2020; 9(4) doi: 10.1007/s13669-020-00297-7
36
Naoya Masumori, Mikiya Nakatsuka. Cardiovascular Risk in Transgender People With Gender-Affirming Hormone Treatment. Circulation Reports 2023; 5(4) doi: 10.1253/circrep.CR-23-0021
37
Carola Deischinger, Dorota Slukova, Ivica Just, Ulrike Kaufmann, Juergen Harreiter, Mick van Trotsenburg, Siegfried Trattnig, Martin Krššák, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Radka Klepochova, Lana Kosi-Trebotic. Effects of gender-affirming hormone therapy on cardiovascular risk factors focusing on glucose metabolism in an Austrian transgender cohort. International Journal of Transgender Health 2023; 24(4) doi: 10.1080/26895269.2022.2123425
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David Collister, Yonah Krakowsky, Emery Potter, Adam C. Millar. Chronic Kidney Disease in the Transgender, Nonbinary, or Gender Diverse Person. Seminars in Nephrology 2022; 42(2) doi: 10.1016/j.semnephrol.2022.04.004
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Emily Krupka, Sarah Curtis, Thomas Ferguson, Reid Whitlock, Nicole Askin, Adam C. Millar, Marshall Dahl, Raymond Fung, Sofia B. Ahmed, Navdeep Tangri, Michael Walsh, David Collister. The Effect of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy on Measures of Kidney Function. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2022; 17(9) doi: 10.2215/CJN.01890222
40
Rosamund Round, Nichola Gokool, Georgiana Manica, Liam Paschall, Simon Foulcer. Improving access for and experience of transgender and non-binary patients in clinical research: Insights from a transgender patient focus group and targeted literature reviews. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2023; 131 doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2023.107243
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Mauro S.B. Silva, Rebecca E. Campbell. Comprehensive Physiology. 2022;  doi: 10.1002/cphy.c210025
42
Andrea G. Kattah, Virginia Dines, Vesna D. Garovic. Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Health and Disease. Physiology in Health and Disease 2026;  doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-26472-5_18
43
Azin Karimian, Kasra Shokri, Abbas Mohammadi, William H. Frishman, Wilbert S. Aronow. Treatment of Cardiovascular Manifestations in Transgender Individuals. Cardiology in Review 2025;  doi: 10.1097/CRD.0000000000000902
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Samuel Cortez, Dominic Moog, Christopher Lewis, Kelley Williams, Cynthia Herrick, Melanie Fields, Teddi Gray, Zhaohua Guo, Ginger Nicol, Thomas Baranski. Effectiveness and Safety of Different Estradiol Regimens in Transgender Women (TREAT Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols 2023; 12 doi: 10.2196/53092
45
Jordan E. Lake, Hongyu Miao, Emily R. Bowman, Jesse L. Clark, Ana N. Hyatt, Aaren Kettelhut, Javier R. Lama, Sari L. Reisner, Kenneth H. Mayer, Amaya Perez‐Brumer, Nicholas Funderburg. Gender‐affirming hormone therapy decreases d‐dimer but worsens insulin sensitivity in transgender women. HIV Medicine 2023; 24(11) doi: 10.1111/hiv.13522
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Abdul Basit, John K. Amory, Vijaya Saradhi Mettu, Cindy Yanfei Li, Scott Heyward, Parth B. Jariwala, Matthew R. Redinbo, Bhagwat Prasad. Relevance of Human Aldoketoreductases and Microbial β-Glucuronidases in Testosterone Disposition. Drug Metabolism and Disposition 2023; 51(4) doi: 10.1124/dmd.122.000975
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Kirsty A McGinley, Angela K Lucas-Herald, Paul Connelly, Christian Delles. Gender-affirming hormone therapy: effects on cardiovascular risk and vascular function. Endocrine Connections 2025; 14(2) doi: 10.1530/EC-24-0222
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Kim P. C. Kuypers, Natasha L. Mason, Aurelie Carlier, Iva Totomanova, Eline C. H. M. Haijen-Bongers. Psychedelics and women’s mental health: the effects of female sex hormones on psychedelics’ efficacy and tolerability. Molecular Psychiatry 2026;  doi: 10.1038/s41380-026-03801-2
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Amel Lamri, Monica De Paoli, Russell De Souza, Geoff Werstuck, Sonia Anand, Marie Pigeyre. Insight into genetic, biological, and environmental determinants of sexual-dimorphism in type 2 diabetes and glucose-related traits. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine 2022; 9 doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.964743
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Iris Yaish, Guy Gindis, Yona Greenman, Yaffa Moshe, Mira Arbiv, Assaf Buch, Yael Sofer, Gabi Shefer, Karen Tordjman. Sublingual Estradiol Offers No Apparent Advantage Over Combined Oral Estradiol and Cyproterone Acetate for Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy of Treatment-Naive Trans Women: Results of a Prospective Pilot Study. Transgender Health 2023; 8(6) doi: 10.1089/trgh.2023.0022
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Simar Singh, Jonathan T. Avila, Sasha Gorrell. Charting a Path Toward Improving Detection and Clinical Outcomes for Eating Disorders in Cismales and Gender-Diverse Patients. Focus 2024; 22(3) doi: 10.1176/appi.focus.20230039
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Dorte Glintborg, Louise L. Christensen, Marianne S. Andersen. Transgender healthcare: metabolic outcomes and cardiovascular risk. Diabetologia 2024; 67(11) doi: 10.1007/s00125-024-06212-6
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Carmela Santangelo, Matteo Marconi, Angela Ruocco, Jiska Ristori, Stefania Bonadonna, Rosario Pivonello, Maria Cristina Meriggiola, Francesco Lombardo, Giovanna Motta, Chiara Michela Crespi, Maddalena Mosconi, Alessandro Oppo, Silvia Federici, Luca Bruno, Nunzia Verde, Alessandra Lami, Emanuela Bologna, Rosaria Varì, Maria Teresa Pagano, Luciana Giordani, Paola Matarrese, Flavia Chiarotti, Alessandra Daphne Fisher, Marina Pierdominici. Dietary Habits, Physical Activity and Body Mass Index in Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults in Italy: A Voluntary Sampling Observational Study. Nutrients 2024; 16(18) doi: 10.3390/nu16183139
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Mohamad Jamalinia, Samira Saeian, Nima Nikkhoo, Amirhossein Nazerian, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani. Sex and gender differences in MASLD: pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical implications, and future directions. Metabolism and Target Organ Damage 2025; 5(4) doi: 10.20517/mtod.2025.131
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Maria A Karalexi, Thomas Frisell, Sven Cnattingius, Dag Holmberg, Mats Holmberg, Natasa Kollia, Alkistis Skalkidou, Fotios C Papadopoulos. Cardiovascular outcomes in transgender individuals in Sweden after initiation of gender-affirming hormone therapy. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 2022; 29(15) doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwac133
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Florian Raths, Mehran Karimzadeh, Nathan Ing, Andrew Martinez, Yoona Yang, Ying Qu, Tian-Yu Lee, Brianna Mulligan, Suzanne Devkota, Wayne T. Tilley, Theresa E. Hickey, Bo Wang, Armando E. Giuliano, Shikha Bose, Hani Goodarzi, Edward C. Ray, Xiaojiang Cui, Simon R.V. Knott. The molecular consequences of androgen activity in the human breast. Cell Genomics 2023; 3(3) doi: 10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100272
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Sean J. Iwamoto, Justine Defreyne, Christodoulos Kaoutzanis, Robert D. Davies, Kerrie L. Moreau, Micol S. Rothman. Gender-affirming hormone therapy, mental health, and surgical considerations for aging transgender and gender diverse adults. Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism 2023; 14 doi: 10.1177/20420188231166494
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Ada S Cheung, Hui Yin Lim, Teddy Cook, Sav Zwickl, Ariel Ginger, Cherie Chiang, Jeffrey D Zajac. Approach to Interpreting Common Laboratory Pathology Tests in Transgender Individuals. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2021; 106(3) doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa546
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Charalampos Milionis, Ioannis Ilias, Evangelia Venaki, Eftychia Koukkou. Glucose Homeostasis, Diabetes Mellitus, and Gender-Affirming Treatment. Biomedicines 2023; 11(3) doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11030670
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E. Coleman, A. E. Radix, W. P. Bouman, G. R. Brown, A. L. C. de Vries, M. B. Deutsch, R. Ettner, L. Fraser, M. Goodman, J. Green, A. B. Hancock, T. W. Johnson, D. H. Karasic, G. A. Knudson, S. F. Leibowitz, H. F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg, S. J. Monstrey, J. Motmans, L. Nahata, T. O. Nieder, S. L. Reisner, C. Richards, L. S. Schechter, V. Tangpricha, A. C. Tishelman, M. A. A. Van Trotsenburg, S. Winter, K. Ducheny, N. J. Adams, T. M. Adrián, L. R. Allen, D. Azul, H. Bagga, K. Başar, D. S. Bathory, J. J. Belinky, D. R. Berg, J. U. Berli, R. O. Bluebond-Langner, M.-B. Bouman, M. L. Bowers, P. J. Brassard, J. Byrne, L. Capitán, C. J. Cargill, J. M. Carswell, S. C. Chang, G. Chelvakumar, T. Corneil, K. B. Dalke, G. De Cuypere, E. de Vries, M. Den Heijer, A. H. Devor, C. Dhejne, A. D’Marco, E. K. Edmiston, L. Edwards-Leeper, R. Ehrbar, D. Ehrensaft, J. Eisfeld, E. Elaut, L. Erickson-Schroth, J. L. Feldman, A. D. Fisher, M. M. Garcia, L. Gijs, S. E. Green, B. P. Hall, T. L. D. Hardy, M. S. Irwig, L. A. Jacobs, A. C. Janssen, K. Johnson, D. T. Klink, B. P. C. Kreukels, L. E. Kuper, E. J. Kvach, M. A. Malouf, R. Massey, T. Mazur, C. McLachlan, S. D. Morrison, S. W. Mosser, P. M. Neira, U. Nygren, J. M. Oates, J. Obedin-Maliver, G. Pagkalos, J. Patton, N. Phanuphak, K. Rachlin, T. Reed, G. N. Rider, J. Ristori, S. Robbins-Cherry, S. A. Roberts, K. A. Rodriguez-Wallberg, S. M. Rosenthal, K. Sabir, J. D. Safer, A. I. Scheim, L. J. Seal, T. J. Sehoole, K. Spencer, C. St. Amand, T. D. Steensma, J. F. Strang, G. B. Taylor, K. Tilleman, G. G. T’Sjoen, L. N. Vala, N. M. Van Mello, J. F. Veale, J. A. Vencill, B. Vincent, L. M. Wesp, M. A. West, J. Arcelus. Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8. International Journal of Transgender Health 2022; 23(sup1) doi: 10.1080/26895269.2022.2100644
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Tomoyuki Yuasa, Yasunori Takata, Nanako Aki, Kotaro Kunimi, Miki Satoh, Mari Nii, Yoshihiko Izumi, Toshiki Otoda, Seiichi Hashida, Haruhiko Osawa, Ken-ichi Aihara. Insulin receptor cleavage induced by estrogen impairs insulin signaling. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care 2021; 9(2) doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2021-002467
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Clément Larose, Caroline Samhani, Pierre Consolandi, Eva Feigerlova. Increase in visceral adipose tissue and altered metabolic profile in transgender men but not in transgender women one year after starting gender-affirming hormonal therapy. Endocrine 2025; 89(3) doi: 10.1007/s12020-025-04310-y
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Ophir Borger, Liat Perl, Michal Yackobovitch-Gavan, Roni Sides, Avivit Brener, Anat Segev-Becker, Tamar Sheppes, Galit Weinstein, Asaf Oren, Yael Lebenthal. Body Composition and Metabolic Syndrome Components in Transgender/Gender Diverse Adolescents and Young Adults. LGBT Health 2024; 11(5) doi: 10.1089/lgbt.2023.0065
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Jennifer Waters, Whitney Linsenmeyer. The impact of gender-affirming hormone therapy on nutrition-relevant biochemical measures. Frontiers in Nutrition 2024; 11 doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1339311
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Breaking barriers: navigating cardiovascular health in the transgender community. Internal and Emergency Medicine 2026;  doi: 10.1007/s11739-026-04484-x
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Ozge Yesildemir, Gamze Akbulut. Gender-Affirming Nutrition: An Overview of Eating Disorders in the Transgender Population. Current Nutrition Reports 2023; 12(4) doi: 10.1007/s13668-023-00504-w
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Arvind Maheshwari, Virginia Dines, Dominik Saul, Todd Nippoldt, Andrea Kattah, Caroline Davidge-Pitts. The Effect of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy on Serum Creatinine in Transgender Individuals. Endocrine Practice 2022; 28(1) doi: 10.1016/j.eprac.2021.08.009
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Pierluigi Diana, Kirpal Adu-Gyamfi, Gary Butler. Effect of Puberty Suppression and Gender Affirming Hormone Treatment Depends upon Prior Extent of Pubertal Development in Young Transgender Adolescents. Hormone Research in Paediatrics 2025;  doi: 10.1159/000548004
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Patrice R Jones, Sarah Voisin, Brendan J Nolan, Shanie Landen, Macsue Jacques, Beau Newell, Sav Zwickl, Teddy Cook, Alex Wong, Ariel Ginger, Andrew Palmer, Andrew Garnham, Javier Alvarez-Romero, Namitha Mohandas, Kirsten Seale, Ada Cheung, Nir Eynon. Uncovering the effects of gender affirming hormone therapy on skeletal muscle and epigenetics: protocol for a prospective matched cohort study in transgender individuals (the GAME study). BMJ Open 2022; 12(5) doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-060869
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Ísis Gois, Felipe Behrends Rodrigues, Marcos Pereira, Magnus R. Dias-da-Silva, Sávio Marcelino Gomes. Body mass index and body composition changes in transgender people undergoing gender-affirming hormone therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders 2025; 26(6) doi: 10.1007/s11154-025-09985-2
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Emily Christie, Murdoch Leeies, Cameron T. Whitley, David Collister. Policy and Statistical Barriers Impeding Organ Transplant for Transgender, Gender Diverse and Nonbinary Patients. Current Transplantation Reports 2024; 11(4) doi: 10.1007/s40472-024-00444-6
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Cecile A. Ferrando, Graham Chapman, Robert Pollard. Preoperative Pain Symptoms and the Incidence of Endometriosis in Transgender Men Undergoing Hysterectomy for Gender Affirmation. Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology 2021; 28(9) doi: 10.1016/j.jmig.2021.01.018
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Felicity Austin, Ashleigh Lin, Kemi Wright, Ben Jackson, Aaron Simpson, Bonnie Furzer. Exercise experiences of adolescents engaged with gender diversity services: A qualitative approach. Psychology of Sport and Exercise 2026; 85 doi: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2026.103148
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Esteban Sánchez-Toscano, Jesús Domínguez-Riscart, Laura Larrán-Escandón, Isabel Mateo-Gavira, Manuel Aguilar-Diosdado. Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Transgender People after Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2023; 12(19) doi: 10.3390/jcm12196141
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Coralie Fontaine, Anna Gosset, Morgane Davezac, Mélissa Buscato, Virginie Grouthier, Marie-Ange Renault, Daniel Henrion, Florence Trémollières, Michael Schumacher, Françoise Lenfant, Jean-François Arnal. From sex hormone decrease to hormonal treatment: impacts on cardiovascular risk with ageing. Cardiovascular Research 2025; 121(10) doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvaf086
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Nadia Vloemans, Ma'en Al‐Mrayat. Metabolic consequences of gender‐affirming hormone therapy in transgender adult persons. Practical Diabetes 2023; 40(3) doi: 10.1002/pdi.2453
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