Male Accessory Gland Infection: Relevance of Serum Total Testosterone Levels
| Autor: | R. A. Condorelli, A. E. Calogero, E. Vicari, V. Favilla, S. Cimino, G. I. Russo, G. Morgia, S. La Vignera |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Endocrinology, Vol 2014 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1687-8337 1687-8345 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2014/915752 |
| Popis: | Aim of the present study was to evaluate the different ultrasound characterization of fertile symptomatic patients with MAGI (male accessory gland infection) according to different serum concentrations of total T (TT). We analyzed the ultrasound and hormonal data of 200 patients aged between 24.0 and 67.0 years. Patients were divided into six groups according to the sextile distribution of TT. Patients with serum concentrations of TT < 3.6 ng mL−1 had a higher mean duration of symptoms compared to the other examined groups. Patients with serum concentrations of TT > 6.6 ng mL−1 showed a frequency of ultrasound criteria suggestive for bilateral form of prostatitis and prostate-vesiculo-epididymitis and significantly lower compared to the other examined groups. At multivariate logistic regression analysis adjusted for age and BMI, TT was an independent predictive factor of prostatovesiculitis (OR = 0.818 [95% CI: 0.675–0.992]; P |
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