Prospective study of effect of androgens on serum inflammatory markers in men

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1136-1141

  Ng, Martin K C ^a,b   Liu, Peter Y ^b,c   Williams, Andrew J ^a   Nakhla, Shirley ^b   Ly, Lam P ^b   Handelsman, David J ^b,c,d   Celermajer, David S ^a,b,d  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^c ANZAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Estrogen; Inflammation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ANDROGENS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; TESTOSTERONE; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1;

EID: 0036064307     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000022167.80130.A6     Document Type: Article

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