Hepatic steatosis is associated with low serum testosterone and high serum DHEAS levels in men

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-53

  Völzke, Henry ^a   Aumann, Nicole ^a   Krebs, Alexander ^a   Nauck, Matthias ^a   Steveling, Antje ^a   Lerch, Markus M ^a   Rosskopf, Dieter ^a   Wallaschofski, Henri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgens; Epidemiology; Fatty liver; Metabolic syndrome; Population

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATTY LIVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SERUM; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FATTY LIVER; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 74349126449     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2009.00953.x     Document Type: Article

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