Association of Free Testosterone With Hypogonadal Symptoms in Men With Near-normal Total Testosterone Levels
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Low free testosterone is associated with hypogonadal signs and symptoms in men with normal total testosterone levels: results from the European Male Ageing Study
CONTEXT During aging, total testosterone (TT) declines and SHBG increases, resulting in a greater decrease in calculated free T (cFT). Currently, guidelines suggest using TT to diagnose androgen deficiency and to reserve cFT only for men with borderline TT. OBJECTIVE Our objective was to investigate if either low cFT or low TT is more strongly associated with androgen-related clinical endpoin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Urology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0090-4295
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2015.05.007