Self-referred older Asian males in a men's health clinic: The inter-relationships between androgens, metabolic parameters and quality of life measures

Aging Male

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 233-241

  Chen, Richard Yuan Tud ^a   Ng, Kok Kit ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

ageing; Andropause; deficiency; hypogonadism; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANDROGEN; ELECTROLYTE; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; GONADOTROPIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANDROPAUSE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; LIPID METABOLISM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGAPORE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 78449311892     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13685538.2010.487550     Document Type: Article

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