Our aim was to examine whether serum testosterone concentrations are in fact low in hospitalized men with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes compared with healthy men.
In this study, 79 men aged 40 years or older (41 healthy men and 38 men with type 2 diabetes) were included. Total testosterone and sex hormone-binding globulin levels were measured. The average duration of diagnosed diabetes was 10.8 years and the mean glycated hemoglobin value was 10.8%. Total testosterone concentrations were lower in men with type 2 diabetes than in healthy men, after adjusting for age and body mass index (3.83±0.32 ng/mL vs. 5.63±0.31 ng/mL; P< 0.001). In conclusion, this study shows that serum testosterone concentrations are lower in hospitalized men with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes than in healthy men. Therefore, men with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes should undergo further assessment for hypogonadism.
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Kim KS, Kang SH, Kim MJ, Kim SK, Kim YL, Park WK, Park SW, Cho YW. Are you the author?
Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea; Department of Family Medicine, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University, Seongnam, Korea; Department of Internal Medicine, CHA Gangnam Medical Center, CHA University, Seoul, Korea.
Reference: Endocrinol Metab (Seoul). 2014 May 27. Epub ahead of print.
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PMID: 25325269