Urolithiasis is associated with low serum testosterone levels in men.
Arch Ital Urol Androl
; 87(1): 83-6, 2015 Mar 31.
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| ID: mdl-25847904
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the relationship among urolithiasis, metabolic syndrome (MetS) and serum testosterone (T) level in men. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
513 men older than 18 years were enrolled in this study 313 of the subjects had a history of stones (group 1) and 200 had no history of stones (controls, group 2). Early morning T levels were recorded and anthropometric measurements were investigated to evaluate MetS. Analyses were completed using chi-square tests.RESULT:
Serum T level was lower in stone forming patients than control subjects and 161 (%51.4) men in group 1 and 92 (%46) men in group 2 were diagnosed with metabolic syndrome. T level was found lower limit (< 285 ng/dl) in the MetS and urolithiasis group (p 0.002, OR 2.71).CONCLUSIONS:
We found low testosterone levels in the patients with stone disease and prevalence of the MetS in men with urolithiasis was higher than in men without stone disease. Our findings show that levels of testosterone had no effect on stone formation, but the factors that cause stone formation can have an effect on the level of testosterone.
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Base de dados:
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Assunto principal:
Testosterona
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Síndrome Metabólica
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Urolitíase
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article