The roles of androgens in humans: biology, metabolic regulation and health

M Alemany - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Androgens are an important and diverse group of steroid hormone molecular species. They
play varied functional roles, such as the control of metabolic energy fate and partition, the …

Testosterone and obesity

DM Kelly, TH Jones - Obesity Reviews, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Testosterone is a key hormone in the pathology of metabolic diseases such as obesity. Low
testosterone levels are associated with increased fat mass (particularly central adiposity) …

Cardiovascular safety of testosterone-replacement therapy

AM Lincoff, S Bhasin, P Flevaris… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The cardiovascular safety of testosterone-replacement therapy in middle-aged
and older men with hypogonadism has not been determined. Methods In a multicenter …

Evaluation and management of testosterone deficiency: AUA guideline

JP Mulhall, LW Trost, RE Brannigan, EG Kurtz… - The Journal of …, 2018 - auajournals.org
Purpose: There has been a marked increase in testosterone prescriptions in the past
decade resulting in a growing need to give practicing clinicians proper guidance on the …

Testosterone treatment and coronary artery plaque volume in older men with low testosterone

MJ Budoff, SS Ellenberg, CE Lewis, ER Mohler… - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Recent studies have yielded conflicting results as to whether testosterone
treatment increases cardiovascular risk. Objective To test the hypothesis that testosterone …

Testosterone and cardiovascular disease

RA Kloner, C Carson, A Dobs, S Kopecky… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - jacc.org
Testosterone (T) is the principal male sex hormone. As men age, T levels typically fall.
Symptoms of low T include decreased libido, vasomotor instability, and decreased bone …

Lessons from the testosterone trials

PJ Snyder, S Bhasin, GR Cunningham… - Endocrine …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Testosterone Trials (TTrials) were a coordinated set of seven placebo-
controlled, double-blind trials in 788 men with a mean age of 72 years to determine the …

The role of testosterone in the elderly: what do we know?

B Barone, L Napolitano, M Abate, L Cirillo… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Testosterone is the most important hormone in male health. Aging is characterized by
testosterone deficiency due to decreasing testosterone levels associated with low testicular …

Normalization of testosterone level is associated with reduced incidence of myocardial infarction and mortality in men

R Sharma, OA Oni, K Gupta, G Chen… - European Heart …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Aims There is a significant uncertainty regarding the effect of testosterone replacement
therapy (TRT) on cardiovascular (CV) outcomes including myocardial infarction (MI) and …

Testosterone replacement therapy and cardiovascular risk

T Gagliano-Jucá, S Basaria - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2019 - nature.com
Testosterone is the main male sex hormone and is essential for the maintenance of male
secondary sexual characteristics and fertility. Androgen deficiency in young men owing to …