Estradiol and metabolic syndrome in older Italian men: The InCHIANTI study

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-162

  Maggio, Marcello ^a,b,g   Lauretani, Fulvio ^c   Ceda, Gian Paolo ^a   Bandinelli, Stefania ^d   Basaria, Shehzad ^b,e   Paolisso, Giuseppe ^f   Giumelli, Claudio ^a   Luci, Michele ^a   Najjar, Samer S ^b   Metter, E Jeffrey ^b   Valenti, Giorgio ^a   Guralnik, Jack ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c Tuscany Regional Health Agency   (Italy)

^d SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Andropausa

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANDROPAUSE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN-6; ITALY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77950954211     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.006098     Document Type: Article

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