Low serum testosterone and frailty in older men and women

Maturitas

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 348-352

  Wu, I Chien ^a   Lin, Xi Zhang ^b   Liu, Ping Fen ^b   Tsai, Wei Lun ^a   Shiesh, Shu Chu ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aging; Biological markers blood; Frailty; Hormones; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT CHANGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 78649527705     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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