Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Biochemical assessment of male hypogonadism relies on estimation of freely available testosterone. Gold standard measurement is by equilibrium dialysis but this is not practical in clinical use. We compared two calculation methods; bioavailable (non-SHBG bound) testosterone (Morris et al.), and free (non-SHBG non-albumin bound) testosterone (Vermeulen et al.) for their diagnostic performance.Design: Free testosterone and bioa...