Predictors of serum testosterone and DHEAS in African-American men

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-59

  Haren, Matthew T ^a,b,d   Banks, William A ^a,b   Perry III, H M ^a,b   Patrick, Ping ^a   Malmstrom, Theodore K ^a   Miller, Douglas K ^c   Morley, John E ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

African Americans; Aging male; Cognitive function; Muscle function; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; ANDROGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOSE; LEPTIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; COGNITION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGING; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOGONADISM; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SMOKING; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TESTOSTERONE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 38049113317     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2007.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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