Journal article
The Effect of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy on Measures of Kidney Function
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Gender-affirming hormone therapy modifies body composition and lean muscle mass in transgender persons. We sought to characterize the change in serum creatinine, other kidney function biomarkers, and GFR in transgender persons initiating masculinizing and feminizing gender-affirming hormone therapy.
DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS: We searched PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, and ClinicalTrials.gov …
Authors
Krupka E; Curtis S; Ferguson T; Whitlock R; Askin N; Millar AC; Dahl M; Fung R; Ahmed SB; Tangri N
Journal
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol. 17, No. 9, pp. 1305–1315
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
September 2022
DOI
10.2215/cjn.01890222
ISSN
1555-9041