Traditional signs and symptoms commonly attributed to hypogonadism do not correlate with testosterone levels: the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study Experience
| Autor: | Laura F. DeFina, Benjamin L. Willis, Tyler C. Cooper, Nina B. Radford, Ugis Gruntmanis, Carolyn E. Barlow, Gloria Lena Vega, S. Michael Clark, Larry W. Gibbons, Rick K. Wilson, David Leonard |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Male
Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Longitudinal study MEDLINE 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Signs and symptoms General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Preventive Health Services medicine Humans Testosterone 030212 general & internal medicine Longitudinal Studies Morning Preventive healthcare Aged business.industry Hypogonadism Testosterone (patch) General Medicine Middle Aged Texas Sexual dysfunction Cross-Sectional Studies Cohort medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research. 68(2) |
| ISSN: | 1708-8267 |
| Popis: | Evidence suggests that substantial testosterone therapy is occurring without checking levels of testosterone, presumably based on the presence of symptoms alone. We sought to explore the relationship between total testosterone level and non-specific symptoms, metabolic abnormalities, and sexual dysfunction associated with hypogonadism. This cross-sectional study included 2994 generally healthy men aged 50–79 years examined at a preventive medicine clinic in Dallas, TX from January 2012 to March 2016. Symptoms of hypogonadism were assessed. Screening morning total testosterone levels were measured and categorized into low (0.6). In this preventive medicine cohort, symptoms commonly attributed to testosterone deficiency were not associated with low total testosterone levels. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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