THE URINARY EXCRETION OF 17-KETOSTEROIDS BY MEN UNDER FIELD CONDITIONS IN EXTREME COLD

• Main Authors: Osgood, L. E., Zimmerman, W. J., King, E. W., Diffley, G. H.
• Other Authors: ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB FORT KNOX KY
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1949
• Subjects: Stress Physiology; (*URINE; STEROIDS); KETONES; EXCRETION; COLD WEATHER TESTS; STRESS(PHYSIOLOGY); ARMY RESEARCH; MEDICAL RESEARCH; DIURNAL VARIATIONS; Arctic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0806411; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0806411

Tests were conducted to determine the excretion of 17-ketosteroids on a group of seven subjects participating in two bivouac exercises, first under conditions of a temperate climate, and later under arctic conditions, which were so designed as to be similar except for the factor of extreme cold. When the excretion of 17-ketosteroids by seven healthy soldiers under field conditions in a temperate climate was compared with their excretion of these substances under field conditions in extreme cold, no significant changes were noted. The determination of the excretion of 17-ketosteroids in the urine did not indicate a stress due to cold under the circumstances described in this report.