Combination of low free testosterone and low vitamin D predicts mortality in older men referred for coronary angiography

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 475-483

  Lerchbaum, Elisabeth ^a   Pilz, Stefan ^a   Boehm, Bernhard O ^b   Grammer, Tanja B ^c   Obermayer Pietsch, Barbara ^a   März, Winfried ^a,c,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d SYNLAB ACADEMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AGED; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84865023727     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2012.04371.x     Document Type: Article

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