Sex hormones strongly influence body fat distribution and adipocyte differentiation.
Estrogens and testosterone differentially affect adipocyte physiology, but the importance of …

Gender‐and sex‐related differences represent a new frontier towards patient‐tailored
medicine, taking into account that theoretically every medical specialty can be influenced by …

We investigated whether long-term hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is associated with
mobility and lower limb muscle performance and composition in postmenopausal women …

Objectives: Whether age or menopause per se influences fat distribution remains
controversial. This study aimed to investigate the change of body composition, particularly …

Sarcopenia is a complex multifactorial condition that can by treated with multimodal
approaches. No pharmacologic agent to prevent or treat sarcopenia has proven to be as …

Background The menopause is associated with a tendency to gain weight. Several
alterations in fat deposits occur, leading to changes in the distribution of body fat. There are …

Women are subject to constitutional changes after menopause, which increases conditions
and diseases prone to cardiovascular risks such as obesity and diabetes mellitus. Both …

Estrogens through their intracellular receptors regulate various aspects of glucose and lipid
metabolism. The effects of estrogens in metabolism can be mediated by their receptors …

OBJECTIVES: Sarcopenia, the loss of muscle mass with age, has a great impact on physical
function, and especially in postmenopausal women, who experience a greater decline in …

Loss of physical function in older adults may be, at least in part, explained by sarcopenia, a
phenomenon characterized by a reduction in number and size of muscle fibres and by …