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Because weight loss interventions change sex hormones and also affect BMD, understanding the role of sex hormones on these changes has implications for bone health in people with diabetes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We assessed sex hormone mediation on BMD changes due to ILI, by sex, among postmenopausal women and older men over 4 years of follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In the Look AHEAD Sex Hormone Ancillary Study, we applied structural equation models to estimate the effects of ILI (vs DSE) on hip, femoral neck, and whole-body BMD after 4 years of follow-up, temporally mediated by sex hormones estradiol (E2), total testosterone, bioavailable testosterone, and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) measured at 1 year after baseline (nadir of weight loss).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In women, an ILI-associated decrease in estradiol of 14% from baseline to year\u202f1 mediated a decline in whole-body BMD (\u22121.15 mg\/cm2, 95% CI: \u22122.54, \u22120.21). 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