To study the correlation of serum testosterone concentration with duration of diabetes and glycemic control at tertiary care hospital Bikaner

Autor: Atmaram Chhimpa, Anil Khatri, Rajendra Bhati, Manoj Mali, Parmendra Sirohi
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Panacea Journal of Medical Sciences. 8:103-106
ISSN: 2348-7682
2249-8176
Popis: Diabetes mellitus refers to a group of common metabolic disorders that share the phenotype of hyperglycemia. In recent years, androgen deficiency has captured interest of many researchers and they have associated not only with general health of men but also with certain common systemic disorders like abdominal obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus and others. This was a cross sectional study. 150 cases of type 2 diabetes mellitus and 50 cases without type 2 diabetes mellitus matched for confounding factors were taken as controls. Serum total testosterone level is assessed by chemiluminiscence method. Mean serum total testosterone (ng/dl) in duration of diabetes group 15 years it was 218.00±10.95(p=0.001). Mean serum total testosterone (ng/dl) in HbA1C group 9% it was 267.97± 63.32 (p
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