Association of plasma total testosterone level and metabolic syndrome in adult males
| Autor: | Alireza Hejrati, Amir Ziaee, Mohammad Pourmahmudian, Elham Bayani, Mehrnaz Ghavamipour, Maryam Saatchi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Nephropathology, Vol 9, Iss 3, Pp e27-e27 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2251-8363 2251-8819 |
| DOI: | 10.34172/jnp.2020.27 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Low testosterone level has strongly been correlated with body fat accumulation and abdominal obesity in men. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate testosterone level in men with and without metabolic syndrome to determine the relationship between testosterone and metabolic syndrome. Patients and Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 172 cases of metabolic syndrome and 172 participants as a control group in Rasoul Akram hospital, Tehran, Iran. Demographic characteristics, fasting blood sugar (FBS), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), cholesterol, triglyceride (TG), and testosterone levels were recorded. SPSS version 21.0 and SAS version 9.1 were used for statistical analysis. Level of significance was considered 0.05. Results: The mean age of the two groups were 45.1±9.3 years and 41.5 ±11.2 years, respectively. There was a significant difference in serum testosterone levels between both groups and low testosterone levels were associated with metabolic syndrome (P |
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