LOW TESTOSTERONE LEVEL IS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPAIRED MICROVASCULAR FUNCTION IN MEN

2012 
Asrac Caegor 9. reeo Clcalreseao umer 1181-153Auhors Frank Edward Corrigan, Danny Eapen, Pankaj Manocha, Muhammad Hammadah, Suliman Alradawi, Jennifer Vazquez, Lynn Cunningham, Irina Uphoff, Laurence Sperling, R. Wayne Alexander, Kenneth L. Brigham, Arshed Quyyumi, Emory University School of Medicine, Predictive Health Initiative, Atlanta, GA, USABackground: o esoseroe leel me s assocae h crease apos, sul ressace a slpema, hereas hgh esoseroe leels are assocae h ecrease aorc aheroscleross. Eohelal uco a mcroascular reac ca e measure oasel a are measures o log erm caroascular rs. We hpohese ha lo esoseroe leels corue o crease caroascular rs luecg mcroascular a eohelal uco.Methods: We recrue 212 males, age 50 ± 12 ears, rom he Emor Ceer or Healh Dscoer a measure caroascular rs acors, oal serum esoseroe, eohelum-epee rachal arer lo-meae lao (FMD), igerp gal reace hperema ex (HI) usg Eo-AT (Iamar, Ic) urg orearm schema a hperema as a ex o mcroascular uco. Spearma correlaos a mularae lear regresso ere perorme ajusg or relea clcal arales.Results: Tesoseroe leel correlae posel h HI (r= 0.2, p= .004) suggesg ha lo leels are assocae h mpare mcroascular hperema. Ths assocao eee esoseroe leel a HI remae sgica ee aer mularae ajusme or age, race, mea areral pressure, o mass ex, aees, curre oacco use, HD, a oal choleserol (B= 0.001, p= .014). Tesoseroe leel as o assocae h FMD.Conclusions: I healh me, loer serum esoseroe leel s assocae h reuce gal reace hperema, a measure o mcroascular uco, u o large areral rc oxe ac. Sce mpare mcroascular uco s assocae h orse log erm oucomes, heher repleshg esoseroe ll mproe uco a log erm rs ees o e urher esgae.
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