Low testosterone levels are associated with carotid atherosclerosis in men

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 259, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 576-582

  Svartberg, J ^a   Von Muhlen D ^b   Mathiesen, E ^a,c   Joakimsen, O ^a,c   Bonaa K H ^c,d   Stensland Bugge, E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Carotid artery; Cross sectional; Intima media thickness; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TESTOSTERONE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 33646783661     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2006.01637.x     Document Type: Article

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