No relationship between autistic traits and salivary testosterone concentrations in men from the general population

It is suggested that testosterone may play a part in the higher prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in males compared to females. Previous studies have reported elevated postnatal testosterone levels in children and women with ASD but not in men. We compared levels of salivary testosterone...

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Autores principales: Tan, Diana Weiting, Maybery, Murray T., Clarke, Michael W., Di Lorenzo, Renata, Evans, Melissa O., Mancinone, Michael, Panos, Christina, Whitehouse, Andrew J. O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6002020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29902186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198779
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author Tan, Diana Weiting
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Panos, Christina
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description It is suggested that testosterone may play a part in the higher prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in males compared to females. Previous studies have reported elevated postnatal testosterone levels in children and women with ASD but not in men. We compared levels of salivary testosterone across 67 undergraduate males (M(age) 19.5 yrs, SD 1.92) selected for low, mid-range and high levels of autistic traits assessed using the Autism-spectrum Quotient. Analyses revealed no significant differences in testosterone concentrations across the three groups. The current data add to the increasing evidence for the lack of relationship between autistic traits and postnatal levels of testosterone in men.
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spelling pubmed-60020202018-06-25 No relationship between autistic traits and salivary testosterone concentrations in men from the general population Tan, Diana Weiting Maybery, Murray T. Clarke, Michael W. Di Lorenzo, Renata Evans, Melissa O. Mancinone, Michael Panos, Christina Whitehouse, Andrew J. O. PLoS One Research Article It is suggested that testosterone may play a part in the higher prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in males compared to females. Previous studies have reported elevated postnatal testosterone levels in children and women with ASD but not in men. We compared levels of salivary testosterone across 67 undergraduate males (M(age) 19.5 yrs, SD 1.92) selected for low, mid-range and high levels of autistic traits assessed using the Autism-spectrum Quotient. Analyses revealed no significant differences in testosterone concentrations across the three groups. The current data add to the increasing evidence for the lack of relationship between autistic traits and postnatal levels of testosterone in men. Public Library of Science 2018-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6002020/ /pubmed/29902186 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198779 Text en © 2018 Tan et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Mancinone, Michael
Panos, Christina
Whitehouse, Andrew J. O.
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title_full_unstemmed No relationship between autistic traits and salivary testosterone concentrations in men from the general population
title_short No relationship between autistic traits and salivary testosterone concentrations in men from the general population
title_sort no relationship between autistic traits and salivary testosterone concentrations in men from the general population
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6002020/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198779
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