Free testosterone levels are associated with mobility limitation and physical performance in community-dwelling men: The framingham offspring study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2790-2799

  Krasnoff, Joanne B ^a   Basaria, Shehzad ^a   Pencina, Michael J ^b,c,d   Jasuja, Guneet K ^c,d   Vasan, Ramachandran S ^a,d   Ulloor, Jagadish ^a   Zhang, Anqi ^a   Coviello, Andrea ^a   Kelly Hayes, Margaret ^a,d   D'Agostino, Ralph B ^c,d   Wolf, Philip A ^a,d   Bhasin, Shalender ^a   Murabito, Joanne M ^a,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WALKING SPEED; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLOOD; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; ODDS RATIO; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE; WALKING;

EID: 77954484022     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-2680     Document Type: Article

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