Low Testosterone and Diabetes

Title:Low Testosterone and Diabetes

Volume: 9 Issue: 5

Author(s): Khaled El Baba and Sami T. Azar

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Keywords: Hypotestosteronemia, testosterone, diabetes, glucose metabolism, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance.

Abstract: There have been a lot of discussions concerning the relationship between testosterone serum levels in males and diabetes. Low testosterone is commonly associated with type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Testosterone therapy alters the body composition in a metabolically favorable manner. In this article we shed some light on the bidirectional relation between hypotestosteronemia and diabetes discussing also the possible mechanisms and the benefit of treatment.

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Baba El Khaled and Azar T. Sami, Low Testosterone and Diabetes, Current Diabetes Reviews 2013; 9 (5) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/15733998113099990071