Testosterone therapy and cardiovascular risk: advances and controversies

A Morgentaler, MM Miner, M Caliber, AT Guay… - Mayo Clinic …, 2015 - Elsevier
Two recent studies raised new concerns regarding cardiovascular (CV) risks with
testosterone (T) therapy. This article reviews those studies as well as the extensive literature …

Testosterone level in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus and related metabolic effects: A review of current evidence

KKT Cheung, AOY Luk, WY So… - Journal of diabetes …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A significant proportion of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus have a low testosterone
level relative to reference ranges based on healthy young men. Only a small number of …

Age-specific population centiles for androgen status in men

DJ Handelsman, BB Yeap, L Flicker… - European journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Aim The age-specific population profiles in men of circulating testosterone and its two
bioactive metabolites dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and estradiol (E2) across the adult lifespan …

The practical management of testosterone deficiency in men

A Aversa, A Morgentaler - Nature Reviews Urology, 2015 - nature.com
Despite increased global interest in testosterone deficiency in men and its treatment with
testosterone therapy, practical aspects of care remain confusing to many practitioners …

Higher serum testosterone and dihydrotestosterone, but not oestradiol, are independently associated with favourable indices of lung function in community‐dwelling …

SS Mohan, MW Knuiman, ML Divitini… - Clinical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Lower circulating androgens and poorer lung function are associated with
increased cardiovascular risk and mortality in men. The association between androgens and …

The association of reproductive hormone levels and all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality in men

SA Holmboe, E Vradi, TK Jensen… - The Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Context: Testosterone (T) levels have been associated with mortality, but controversy exists.
Objective: Our objective was to investigate associations between serum levels of total T …

Endogenous testosterone and its relationship to preclinical and clinical measures of cardiovascular disease in the atherosclerosis risk in communities study

R Srinath, S Hill Golden, KA Carson… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Context: Epidemiologic studies suggest that endogenous testosterone (T) levels in males
may be implicated in cardiovascular disease (CVD), however further clarification is needed …

Testosterone and cardiovascular disease risk

BB Yeap - Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Additional randomized controlled trials are required to clarify the role of testosterone
supplementation in older men in the absence of pituitary or gonadal disease. Pending such …

Association between testosterone supplementation therapy and thrombotic events in elderly men

R Ramasamy, J Scovell, M Mederos, R Ren, L Jain… - Urology, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To determine the prevalence of thrombotic events and all-cause mortality in men
older than 65 years with hypogonadism treated with testosterone therapy (TST). Patients …

Sex steroids levels in chronic kidney disease and kidney transplant recipients: associations with disease severity and prediction of mortality

M Grossmann, R Hoermann… - Clinical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Our objective was to characterize and evaluate prognostic implications of
circulating sex steroids in patients at different stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) …