Epidemiology: testosterone and the metabolic syndrome.

摘要: Low levels of testosterone, hypogonadism, have several common features with the metabolic syndrome. In Tromso Study, a population-based health survey, testosterone were inversely associated anthropometrical measurements, and lowest total free found in men most pronounced central obesity. Total was systolic blood pressure, hypertension had lower both testosterone. Furthermore, diabetes compared to without history diabetes, an inverse association between glycosylated hemoglobin found. Thus, there are strong associations low different components addition, independent syndrome itself has recently been presented cross-sectional prospective studies. may protective role development subsequent mellitus cardiovascular disease aging men. However, clinical trials needed confirm this assumption.