Cholesterol-lowering medication, cholesterol level, and reproductive hormones in women: the women’s ischemia syndrome evaluation (WISE)

Reproductive hormones such as estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone are synthesized from a common cholesterol precursor pathway. We hypothesized that use of statins and the resultant lower blood lipoprotein levels would be associated with lower reproductive hormone levels in women. We also sought...

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