Cardiovascular outcomes and all-cause mortality following measurement of endogenous testosterone levels

K Adelborg, TB Rasmussen, H Nørrelund… - The American Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Although reduced testosterone levels are common in aging populations, the clinical
consequences remain to be further explored. We examined whether low total testosterone …

Causal relationships between sex hormone traits, lifestyle factors, and osteoporosis in men: A Mendelian randomization study

H Wang, J Cheng, D Wei, H Wu, J Zhao - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Although observational studies have explored factors that may be associated with
osteoporosis, it is not clear whether they are causal. Osteoporosis in men is often …

Low testosterone syndrome protects subjects with high cardiovascular risk burden from major adverse cardiovascular events

G Corona, G Rastrelli, E Maseroli, N Fralassi… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The role of testosterone (T) in the cardiovascular (CV) health of men is controversial. Some
data suggest that hypogonadism is associated with CV mortality but not morbidity, however …

[HTML][HTML] Causal effect of sex hormone-binding globulin and testosterone on coronary heart disease: a multivariable and network Mendelian randomization analysis

Y Li, S Si, L Hou, T Yuan, X Chen, C Liu, W Li… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Although observational studies have shown an association between sex
hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), testosterone (T) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting the role of testosterone: Are we missing something?

V Tyagi, M Scordo, RS Yoon, FA Liporace… - Reviews in …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Testosterone is a pleiotropic hormone that plays an important role in the human body.
Classically, testosterone was thought to be predominantly involved in androgenesis and …

Differential risks in men and women for first and recurrent venous thrombosis: the role of genes and environment: comment

L Xu, CM Schooling - Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2015 - jthjournal.org
Roach et al.[1] systematically review environmental and genetic risk factors for venous
thrombosis to elucidate the greater vulnerability to first and recurrent venous thrombosis in …

Inverse association of testosterone and the metabolic syndrome in men is consistent across race and ethnic groups

V Kupelian, FJ Hayes, CL Link, R Rosen… - The Journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Context: Low sex hormone levels have been associated with the metabolic syndrome
(MetS). Objectives: Our objective was to determine whether the association between sex …

High serum testosterone is associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular events in elderly men: the MrOS (Osteoporotic Fractures in Men) study in Sweden

C Ohlsson, E Barrett-Connor, S Bhasin, E Orwoll… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - jacc.org
Objectives: We tested the hypothesis that serum total testosterone and sex hormone–
binding globulin (SHBG) levels predict cardiovascular (CV) events in community-dwelling …

The role of sex in the genomics of human complex traits

EA Khramtsova, LK Davis, BE Stranger - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2019 - nature.com
Nearly all human complex traits and disease phenotypes exhibit some degree of sex
differences, including differences in prevalence, age of onset, severity or disease …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond apples and pears: sex-specific genetics of body fat percentage

D Roshandel, T Lu, AD Paterson, S Dash - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Biological sex influences both overall adiposity and fat distribution. Further,
testosterone and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) influence adiposity and metabolic …