Low serum testosterone and estradiol predict mortality in elderly men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2482-2488

  Tivesten, Åsa ^a   Vandenput, Liesbeth ^b   Labrie, Fernand ^c   Karlsson, Magnus K ^d,e   Ljunggren, Östen ^f   Mellström, Dan ^b   Ohlsson, Claes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 67650248724     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-2650     Document Type: Article

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