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Objective: To examine relationship between levels of SHBG, estradiol, testosterone and osteoporosis in men. Subjects and Methods: Cross - Sectional study performed on 44 patients with osteoporosis and 46 subjects without osteoporosis, men aged 50 and over in the Department of the Rheumatology, General internal medicine Clinics and Department of orthopedic, Cho Ray Hospital, from 10/2013 to 04/2014. Diagnosis of osteoporosis by measuring bone mineral density by DXA and criteria of World Health Organization. Data on anthropometry, history of smoking, fracture, alcoholism, sedentary and levels of SHBG, estradiol, testosterone, vitamin D, serum calcium were collected. Result: The distribution of age was similar in the two groups and divided equally for each age group. Results of bivariate analysis: prevalences of low BMI, sedentary, history of fracture in osteoporosis group were higher than non-osteoporotic group (p |
