Monitoring sexual hormones in women going to high altitude—a pilot study
Self-monitoring female sexual hormones during high-altitude field studies with the employed kit is feasible and provides physiologically plausible trends of hormone levels over the menstrual cycle. Our data provide a valuable basis for designing further studies to evaluate AMS susceptibility in women.
Authors
- Cornelia Betschart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0467-0170)
- Aijan Taalaibekova
- Silvia Ulrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5250-5022)
- Talant Sooronbaev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5609-0944)
- M. Renée Umstattd Meyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5525-943X)
- Mona Lichtblau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4485-1758)
- Michaël Furian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8518-5029)
- Gulzada Mirzalieva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7507-1570)
- Konrad E. Bloch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2377-7387)
- Maamed Mademilov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8528-3115)
- Stefanie Ulrich
Institutions
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- National Center of Cardiology and Internal Medicine (KG)
- Schweizerisches Universitäres Institut für Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Global Women s Health
- Published
- 2025-03-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2025.1544832
- Primary Topic
- High Altitude and Hypoxia
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00