TESTOSTERONE AND THE METABOLIC SYNDROME 207 of the syndrome conveys a
significantly increased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease, hence …

Background Accumulating evidence suggests a sex-dependent role of circulating
testosterone in the metabolic syndrome (MetS). Methods We conducted a meta-analysis of …

Stephanie T Page1 argues strongly for a large randomised controlled trial to assess the
effects of testosterone treatment. In 2004, the Institute of Medicine2 concluded that such a …

Low levels of testosterone, hypogonadism, have several common features with the
metabolic syndrome. In the Tromsø Study, a population-based health survey, testosterone …

OBJECTIVE The association between total testosterone and metabolic syndrome has
prompted speculation that low testosterone contributes to the pathophysiology of metabolic …

Millions of older men, especially in North America, have been prescribed testosterone for so-
called low T or age-related hormonal decrease, at an annual cost running into the billions of …

OBJECTIVE: The role of endogenous testosterone in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes
mellitus remains vague. We investigated whether associations between endogenous …

Context: Low serum T levels have been associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and
cardiovascular disease. However, it is unresolved whether low T is a risk factor or rather a …

Context: Low sex hormone levels have been associated with the metabolic syndrome
(MetS). Objectives: Our objective was to determine whether the association between sex …

Most studies reporting on the association of circulating testosterone levels with type 2
diabetes in men are of cross-sectional design. Reports on the relevance of altered …