AIR

Acute insulin response- direkte Insulinantwort

AUC

Area under curve

BMI

Body-Mass-Index

CEE

Conjugated equine estrogen- Konjugiertes equines Östrogen

CI

Konfidenzintervall

DDG

Deutsche Diabetes Gesellschaft

DHEA

Dehydroepiandrosteron

DM

Diabetes mellitus

EE₂

Ethinylestradiol

FSH

Follikelstimulierendes Hormon- Follitropin

GDM

Gestationsdiabetes

GH

Growth Hormone- Wachstumshormon

GnRH

Gonadotropin-releasing-hormone- Gonadoliberin

HERS

Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study

HRT

Hormonal replacement therapy- Hormonersatztherapie

IFG

Impaired fasting glucose- gestörte Nüchternglukose

IGF

Insulin-like growth factor- Somatomedin

IGFBP

Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein- Somatomedin-Bindeprotein

IGT

Impaired glucose tolerance- gestörte Glukosetoleranz

IRS

Insulinrezeptorsubstrat

IVGTT

Intravenöser Glukosetoleranztest

KHK

Koronare Herzkrankheit

LH

Luteinisierendes Hormon

MODY

Maturity onset diabetes of the young

MPA

Medroxyprogesteronazetat

NDDG

National Diabetes Data Group

NGT

Normal glucose tolerance- normale Glukosetoleranz

NHANES

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

OGTT

Oraler Gukosetoleranztest

PCO

Polyzystische Ovarien

PCOS

Ovarsyndrom

PEPI

Postmenopausal Estrogen/Progestin Intervention Trial

PPAR-γ

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ

RR

Relatives Risiko

SHBG

Sex hormone binding globulin- Geschlechsthormon bindendes Globulin

STH

Somatotropin

TNF-α

Tumornekrosefaktor-α

WHR

Waist/hip ratio- Verhältnis von Taille zu Hüfte