Impact of high doses of Statins on testosterone level in males with atherosclerotic coronary artery disease

Autor: Sherif S. Elzahwy, Mazen Tawfik, Walid Said Ibrahim, M M Farouk
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: QJM: An International Journal of Medicine. 114
ISSN: 1460-2393
1460-2725
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcab090.038
Popis: Background Concern has always existed that statins might impair testosterone production either by reducing availability of its preferred substrate, that is, locally produced de novo cholesterol in the gonads and elsewhere, or by inhibiting steps in the steroidogenesis process, but this concern has been considered of little clinical significance. Objective To demonstrate the impact of high doses of statins on testosterone level in ischemic heart disease patients and to compare it with the impact of low doses of statins. Patients and Methods This study was approved by Ain Shams University. 90 candidates were randomly enrolled in the study divided into two groups, high dose group consisting of 45 patients and Low dose group including 45 patients. All patients were recruited from International Medical Center in Cairo, they were selected randomly from the outpatient clinic from the cardiology department. Results In our study there were a significant reduction in total cholesterol, LDL and TGs in both low dose and high dose groups, but the effect on testosterone was quite different between them, the reduction in testosterone was about 33% from the baseline in the high dose group while in the low dose there was no significant reduction in the testosterone level. Conclusion This study shows that statins reduce testosterone level. This finding does not demonstrate that androgens mediate any health effect of statins, but raises the question as to whether testosterone modulation plays a role in statins' effects on health, particularly among men where testosterone is an important hormone.
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