Am J Psychiatry 1977; 134:1117-1118
Copyright © 1977 by American Psychiatric Association
Plasma testosterone in homosexual and heterosexual women
NK Gartrell, DL Loriaux and TN Chase
The authors measured plasma testosterone levels in 21 homosexual women and
19 age-matched heterosexual women. Although values for the two groups
overlapped considerably, testosterone concentrations averaged 38% higher in
homosexual than in heterosexual subjects. A statistically significant
inverse correlation between age and testosterone level was found for
heterosexual but not for homosexual women.
