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Study · Measured the body's own peptide · 2022

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Systematic review of sex differences in the relationship between hormones and depression in HIV.

Turk MC, Bakker CJ, Spencer SM, Lofgren SM

Psychoneuroendocrinology10 Jan 2022Cited by 12 (Europe PMC)

Summary

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Results from this study1

No result from this study comes from a test of the peptide.

Natural levels measured1

These results measure the body's own peptide. Nobody was given the peptide. They are not evidence about taking it. They are left out of key results, evidence counts and charts.

  1. 01HumanEndogenous levelSystematic reviewOther

    In a systematic review of people with HIV, depression correlated significantly with natural oxytocin levels, which were tested only in women.

    In plain wordsIn a review of people with HIV, depression was linked to the body's own oxytocin levels, which were tested only in women.

    Peptide
    Oxytocin
    Outcome
    Direction not reportedCorrelation between oxytocin level and depression in women with HIV
    Study

    n: not reported in source

    Outcome group
    Hormone levels · Endocrine and hormones

    Source sentences

    Summary
    oxytocin (only tested in women), and estradiol (only in women).
    1 context sentence
    Summary · context
    Twenty-six full-text articles were included in the review.

    This result measures the body's own Oxytocin. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.

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Version history

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  1. Version 2Current

    11 Oct 2026, 00:50 UTC

    Study results updated

  2. Version 1

    9 Oct 2026, 02:49 UTC

    First added · source update from Europe PMC

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