Two-year study will examine how gender-affirming hormone therapy affects energy use and blood vessel function

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Two-year study will examine how gender-affirming hormone therapy affects energy use and blood vessel function

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Researchers affiliated with Leipzig institutions are preparing a two-year study of how gender-affirming hormone therapy affects energy use and blood vessel function. The cohort study is expected to begin in early 2027 and builds on an earlier phase following trans participants receiving hormone therapy.

The research team at the LeiCeM Cluster of Excellence is preparing a new study. It builds on the first phase of the Hormones and Health study (HHS), in which researchers from the Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG), Leipzig University and the University of Leipzig Medical Center followed trans people undergoing gender-affirming hormone therapy. The second cohort will be studied over a period of two years, with the study expected to begin in early 2027.

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