Steroid hormones

Steroid hormones, for instance Testosterone, Estrogen, Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and Cortisol, measured with traditional enzymatic tests, such as Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISA).

In NTR, salivary testosterone (YC_BS1, YC_BS2, YC_BS3, YE_ATTEF2, YE_COG12, YE_COG18), salivary cortisol levels (YC_BS1, YC_BS2, YE_ATTEF2, YE_COG12, YE_COG18) and urinary estradiol levels (YC_BS1, YC_BS2, YC_BS3) were measured. Specifically, in NTR projects YC_BS1, YC_BS2, and YC_BS3, salivary testosterone levels were determined with an immunometric (lumininescention) assay (ILB, Hamburg). In NTR projects YC_BS1 and YC_BS2, salivary cortisol was determined by time-resolved fluorescence immunoassay (Department of Psychology, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany). In NTR project YE_COG12, salivary cortisol was determined by time-resolved fluorescence immunoassay (see: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1025321609994), and salivary testosterone was measured after diethylether extraction using an in-house competitive radioimmunoassay employing a polyclonal antitestosterone-antibody (Dr.Pratt AZG 3290; see: https://doi.org/10.1375/twin.9.4.558). Total urinary estradiol levels (projects YC_BS1, YC_BS2, and YC_BS3) were determined using a competitive (luminiscention) immunoassay (Architect, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, USA).

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  • Young Netherlands Twin Register

  • YC_BS1
  •   C S
    9.0 years   From 2005-01-01 to 2005-01-01

  • YC_BS2
  •   C S
    12.0 years   From 2007-01-01 to 2009-01-01

  • YC_BS3
  •   C S
    17.0 years   From 2012-01-01 to 2014-01-01

  • YE_ATTEF2
  •   C S
    12.0 years   From 2002-01-01 to 2004-01-01

  • YE_COG12
  •   C
    12.0 years   From 1998-01-01 to 2000-01-01

  • YE_COG18
  •   C S
    18.0 years   From 2004-01-01 to 2006-01-01

    Mode of collection MeasurementsAndTests    Biological sample/measurement
    Analysis unit Individual
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