Endogenous sex hormones in men aged 40-80 years

CARDIOVASCULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY Endogenous Sex Hormones and Cardiovascular Disease in Men

Endogenous sex hormones and cognitive function in older men.

The objective of this study was to determine whether endogenous sex hormone levels predict cognitive function in older men. Our study design was an exploratory analysis in a population-based cohort in Rancho Bernardo, California. The study participants were 547 community-dwelling men 59-89 yr of age at baseline who were not using testosterone or estrogen therapy. Between 1984 and 1987, sera wer...

Endogenous sex hormones and cardiovascular disease in men.

Unlike women, men do not experience an abrupt reduction in endogenous sex hormone production. It has, however, become clear that an age-associated decrease in the levels of (bioactive) sex hormones does occur. Whether endogenous sex hormones have an impact on cardiovascular disease has for many years remained largely unknown, but during the last decade more attention has been drawn to the impor...

Endogenous Sex Hormones and Metabolic Syndrome in Aging Men

Background: Sex hormone levels in men change during aging. These changes may be associated with insulin sensitivity and the metabolic syndrome. Methods: We studied the association between endogenous sex hormones and characteristics of the metabolic syndrome in 400 independently living men between 40 and 80 yr of age in a crosssectional study. Serum concentrations of lipids, glucose, insulin, to...

Endogenous Sex Hormones and Ischemic Heart Disease in Men

Numerous case-control studies have suggested that elevated levels of endogenous estrogen and low levels of testosterone are associated with ischemic heart disease (IHD) in men. These findings were tested in the Caerphilly study of 2,512 men from the general population who were aged 45-59 years at baseline and were followed for 5 years. Some 153 men experienced a new episode of IHD (fatal and no...