Interesting study regarding high testostoerne in elderly women. Unless she is having significant issues -not sure would try and lower . Likley offers an advantage
They looked at women aged 80 to 84 years and found they had testosterone levels that were on average 9.3% higher vs. women aged 70 to 74 years; that percentage rose to 11.3% for women aged at least 85 years (P = .02). Older women with overweight and obesity had higher testosterone levels vs. women with normal weight.
Researchers also found that, compared with women aged 70 to 74 years, SHBG levels were on average 5.6% higher among women aged 75 to 79 years, 13.6% higher in women aged 80 to 84 years and 22.7% higher in women aged at least 85 years (P < .001 for all). Obesity, however, was associated with a 27% lower SHBG level (P < .001).
“The increasing proportion of women with unmeasurable [estradiol] in the older groups most likely reflects different effects of age on the enzymatic pathways essential for the biosynthesis of these hormones,” the researchers wrote. “Regardless, a key message from the findings is that studies investigating the association between estrogens and diseases of aging in postmenopausal women must measure [estrone] in order to provide meaningful findings.”
The researchers noted that that the high androgen levels observed in some women in the cohort reaffirm the “wide range of normality” within a community-based population and support the representativeness of the study sample.
“The study suggests that higher testosterone may confer a survival advantage, particularly considering that between the ages of 70 to 95 years, older women have higher testosterone levels in this age group,”
https://academic.oup.com/jcem/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1210/jc.2019-00743/5548913?redirectedFrom=fulltext
But I will always bow to the expertise of famed hormone guru @drerikaeshealth-com if I am wrong!
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