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Male to female transsexuals were treated with 100 \u03bcg ethinyl estradiol and 100 mg cyproterone acetate (antiandrogen) daily, and female to male transsexuals received testosterone esters (250 mg\/2 weeks, im). Before and after 4 and 12 months of cross-sex hormone treatment, serum leptin levels and measures of body fatness were assessed. Before treatment, female subjects had higher serum leptin levels than male subjects independently of the amount of body fat (P &amp;lt; 0.01). Cross-sex hormone administration induced a reversal of the sex difference in serum leptin levels. Estrogen treatment in combination with antiandrogens in male subjects increased median serum leptin levels from 1.9 ng\/mL before treatment to 4.8 ng\/mL after 4 months and 5.5 ng\/mL after 12 months of treatment (P &amp;lt; 0.0001). Testosterone administration in female subjects decreased median serum leptin levels from 5.6 to 2.6 ng\/mL after 4 months and to 2.5 ng\/mL after 12 months (P &amp;lt; 0.0001). 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