Metabolic Syndrome Criteria and the Effect of Testosterone Treatment in Young Men With Hypogonadism

Summary

The study is designed to answer the following questions: 1. Is hypogonadism a cause for the metabolic syndrome ? 2. What is the effect of testosterone replacement on the metabolic parameters ?

Timeline

Start

2009-08

Primary completion

2010-01

Completion

2010-01

Publications

• Background Mulligan T, Frick MF, Zuraw QC, Stemhagen A, McWhirter C. Prevalence of hypogonadism in males aged at least 45 years: the HIM study. Int J Clin Pract. 2006 Jul;60(7):762-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2006.00992.x.
• Background Araujo AB, O'Donnell AB, Brambilla DJ, Simpson WB, Longcope C, Matsumoto AM, McKinlay JB. Prevalence and incidence of androgen deficiency in middle-aged and older men: estimates from the Massachusetts Male Aging Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Dec;89(12):5920-6. doi: 10.1210/jc.2003-031719.
• Background Saad F, Gooren LJ, Haider A, Yassin A. A dose-response study of testosterone on sexual dysfunction and features of the metabolic syndrome using testosterone gel and parenteral testosterone undecanoate. J Androl. 2008 Jan-Feb;29(1):102-5. doi: 10.2164/jandrol.107.002774. Epub 2007 Oct 3.
• Background Koesling D, Schultz G, Bohme E. Sequence homologies between guanylyl cyclases and structural analogies to other signal-transducing proteins. FEBS Lett. 1991 Mar 25;280(2):301-6. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(91)80317-v.

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