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 …

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 …

Endogenous testosterone levels and cardiovascular risk: meta-analysis of observational studies

G Corona, G Rastrelli, G Di Pasquale… - The journal of sexual …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Introduction The relationship between endogenous testosterone (T) levels and
cardiovascular (CV) risk in men is conflicting. Aim To verify whether endogenous T levels …

Recommendations on the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of hypogonadism in men

B Lunenfeld, G Mskhalaya, M Zitzmann, S Arver… - The Aging …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Hypogonadism or Testosterone Deficiency (TD) in adult men as defined by low
levels of serum testosterone accompanied by characteristic symptoms and/or signs as …

Mechanisms in endocrinology: the sexually dimorphic role of androgens in human metabolic disease

L Schiffer, P Kempegowda, W Arlt… - European journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Female androgen excess and male androgen deficiency manifest with an overlapping
adverse metabolic phenotype, including abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 …

Late-onset hypogonadism and mortality in aging men

SR Pye, IT Huhtaniemi, JD Finn, DM Lee… - The Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Context: Late-onset hypogonadism (LOH) has recently been defined as a syndrome in
middle-aged and elderly men reporting sexual symptoms in the presence of low T. The …

In older men an optimal plasma testosterone is associated with reduced all-cause mortality and higher dihydrotestosterone with reduced ischemic heart disease …

BB Yeap, H Alfonso, SAP Chubb… - The Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Context: Testosterone (T) levels decline with age and lower T has been associated with
increased mortality in aging men. However, the associations of its metabolites …

Low free testosterone is associated with hypogonadal signs and symptoms in men with normal total testosterone

L Antonio, FCW Wu, TW O'Neill, SR Pye… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Context: During aging, total testosterone (TT) declines and SHBG increases, resulting in a
greater decrease in calculated free T (cFT). Currently, guidelines suggest using TT to …

Androgen misuse and abuse

DJ Handelsman - Endocrine Reviews, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Androgens are potent drugs requiring prescription for valid medical indications but are
misused for invalid, unproven, or off-label reasons as well as being abused without …

Aging and sex hormones in males

MC Decaroli, V Rochira - Virulence, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Several large cohort studies have disclosed the trajectories of sex steroids changes
overtime in men and their clinical significance. In men the slow, physiological decline of …