Endocrine Abstracts

The objective of the study was to assess the effect of intra-muscular testosterone on glycemic control, metabolic parameters and hypogonadal symptoms in men with hypogonadism and poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. This is a randomised double-blinded placebo-controlled add-on trial of intramuscular-testosterone undecanoate(Nebido®) administered every 12 weeks in 65 hypogonadal men with poorly-controlled diabetes. Phase-1 patients were randomly assigned to either...

Sex hormones are important determinant of body composition. The significant negative correlation between testosterone and obesity, positive correlation between testosterone and muscle mass and that testosterone therapy increases muscle mass in hypogonadal men is well-known.Objectives: To assess the impact of total testosterone (TT) level on body composition in men with T2D.Methods: A cross-sectional study involving men with T2D (<e...