Vascular risk factors and their association to serum androgen levels in a population-based cohort of 75-year-old men over 5 years: Results of the VITA study

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-214

  Ponholzer, Anton ^a   Madersbacher, Stephan ^a   Rauchenwald, Michael ^a   Jungwirth, Susanne ^b   Fischer, Peter ^a   Tragl, Karl Heinz ^b  

^a DANUBE HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age; Atherosclerosis; DHEA S; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUSTRIA; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGING; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUSTRIA; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 77952094935     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-009-0440-y     Document Type: Article

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