Higher testosterone levels are associated with less loss of lean body mass in older men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3855-3863

  LeBlanc, Erin S ^a   Wang, Patty Y ^a   Lee, Christine G ^a   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^b   Cauley, Jane A ^c   Hoffman, Andrew R ^d   Laughlin, Gail A ^b   Marshall, Lynn M ^a,e   Orwoll, Eric S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY COMPOSITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; ESTRADIOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 83155187283     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-0312     Document Type: Article

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