Association between testosterone levels and the metabolic syndrome in adult men

Aging Male

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 161-165

  Grosman, Halina ^a   Rosales, Mónica ^a   Fabre, Bibiana ^a   Nolazco, Carlos ^a   Mazza, Osvaldo ^a   Berg, Gabriela ^a   Mesch, Viviana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

HDL cholesterol; Hypogonadism; Insulin resistance; Triglycerides; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TESTOSTERONE; CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGONADISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID METABOLISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; TESTOSTERONE; TRIGLYCERIDES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84906343445     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13685538.2014.913561     Document Type: Article

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