Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes is associated with lower total testosterone (TT) levels in cross – sectional studies. However, it is not known whether the defect is primary or secondary.Method: We investigated the prevalence of hypogonadism in type 2 diabetes in men by measuring serum total testosterone (TT), SHBG, LH, FSH, prolactin (PRL) in 85 men with type 2 diabetes. Free testosterone (FT) was calculated by using TT and SHBG (CFT). Hypogonadism wa...