Low testosterone is associated with decreased function and increased mortality risk: A preliminary study of men in a geriatric rehabilitation unit

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2077-2081

  Shores, Molly M ^a,b,c   Moceri, Victoria M ^a   Gruenewald, David A ^a   Brodkin, Kayla I ^a   Matsumoto, Alvin M ^a   Kivlahan, Daniel R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Function; Mortality; Rehabilitation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; WEIGHT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 16644396636     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52562.x     Document Type: Review

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