Is low testosterone concentration a risk factor for metabolic syndrome in healthy middle-aged men?

Urology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 814-819

  Tsujimura, Akira ^a,b   Miyagawa, Yasushi ^a,b   Takezawa, Kentaro ^a,b   Okuda, Hidenobu ^a,b   Fukuhara, Shinichiro ^a,b   Kiuchi, Hiroshi ^a,b   Takao, Tetsuya ^a,b   Yamamoto, Ryohei ^a,b   Nishida, Makoto ^a,b   Yamauchi Takihara, Keiko ^a,b   Moriyama, Toshiki ^a,b   Nonomura, Norio ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; RISK FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84884971323     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.06.023     Document Type: Article

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