Testosterone and obesity in men under the age of 40 years

Andrologia

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 76-83

  Goncharov, N P ^a   Katsya, G V ^b   Chagina, N A ^b   Gooren, L J ^a  

^a N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disease marker; Metabolic syndrome; Sex hormone binding globulin; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; HUMANS; INSULIN; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LEPTIN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 61449163879     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2008.00863.x     Document Type: Article

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