Total testosterone may not decline with ageing in Korean men aged 40 years or older

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 296-301

  Kim, Young Sang ^a   Hong, Doohee ^b   Lee, Duck Joo ^b   Joo, Nam Seok ^b   Kim, Kwang Min ^b  

^a CHA University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LIVER ENZYME; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGING; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84863695232     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2012.04375.x     Document Type: Article

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