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Hormonal Ratio Assessment

Meaning

Hormonal Ratio Assessment is the critical clinical practice of systematically evaluating the relative concentration and functional balance between two or more metabolically or functionally related hormones, rather than focusing solely on the absolute concentration of individual hormones. This methodology provides a significantly more nuanced and physiologically relevant understanding of a patient’s endocrine status and the net tissue-level hormonal effects. Key ratios, such as the testosterone-to-estradiol or cortisol-to-DHEA ratio, often reveal underlying metabolic or functional imbalances that single-hormone measurements would entirely miss. It is an indispensable tool for highly personalized hormonal health management.