[HTML][HTML] Effects of lifelong testosterone exposure on health and disease using Mendelian randomization

P Mohammadi-Shemirani, M Chong, M Pigeyre… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Testosterone products are prescribed to males for a variety of possible health benefits, but
causal effects are unclear. Evidence from randomized trials are difficult to obtain, particularly …

Mendelian randomization suggests non‐causal associations of testosterone with cardiometabolic risk factors and mortality

R Haring, A Teumer, U Völker, M Dörr, M Nauck… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Prospective studies showed that low serum testosterone concentrations are associated with
various cardiometabolic risk factors and mortality. However, the causal nature of these …

Do low testosterone levels contribute to ill-health during male ageing?

BB Yeap, AB Araujo, GA Wittert - Critical reviews in clinical …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Testosterone regulates male sexual development and body composition. In adult men,
testosterone levels exhibit a gradual decline with increasing age. Whether it is age per se or …

Endogenous testosterone and mortality in men: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AB Araujo, JM Dixon, EA Suarez… - The Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Context: Low testosterone levels have been associated with outcomes that reduce survival
in men. Objective: Our objective was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of …

Caveat emptor: does testosterone treatment reduce mortality in men?

FCW Wu - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Study design The retrospective observational design carries a substantial risk of primary
selection bias due to the nonrandom assignment of exposure (in this case, T treatment). The …

Systematic review and meta-analyses on associations of endogenous testosterone concentration with health outcomes in community-dwelling men

RJ Marriott, J Harse, K Murray, BB Yeap - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives The overall study aim is to clarify the relation of endogenous sex hormones with
major health outcomes in men. This paper reports a systematic review focusing on …

Using human genetics to understand the disease impacts of testosterone in men and women

KS Ruth, FR Day, J Tyrrell, DJ Thompson, AR Wood… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Testosterone supplementation is commonly used for its effects on sexual function, bone
health and body composition, yet its effects on disease outcomes are unknown. To better …

[HTML][HTML] Adverse cardiovascular events and mortality in men during testosterone treatment: an individual patient and aggregate data meta-analysis

J Hudson, M Cruickshank, R Quinton… - The Lancet Healthy …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Testosterone is the standard treatment for male hypogonadism, but there is
uncertainty about its cardiovascular safety due to inconsistent findings. We aimed to provide …

[HTML][HTML] Testosterone, risk, and socioeconomic position in British men: Exploring causal directionality

A Hughes, M Kumari - Social Science & Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Lower testosterone levels in men are observationally associated with worse health, but it is
unclear whether they contribute to well-established social gradients in health. Mendelian …

Testosterone therapy and cancer risks among men in the SEER-Medicare linked database

EN Butler, CK Zhou, M Curry, Ú McMenamin… - British Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Background We examined associations between two forms of testosterone therapy (TT) and
risks of seven cancers among men. Methods SEER-Medicare combines cancer registry data …