Endocrine Abstracts

The aim: Is to investigate the effectiveness of therapy with testosterone undecanoatein patients with hypothyroidism and androgen deficiency.Material and methods: Substitution therapy with testosterone was performed on 55 men with hypothyroidism and clinically or laboratory confirmed androgen deficiency. The age of the patients was from 35 to 69 years, the duration of hypothyroidism – from 3 to 16 years.Results: The average to...

Background: The issue of hypothyroidism effect on bone tissue is underinvestigated, due to the small number of studies. In addition, it’s not easy to determine the effect of reduced thyroid function on bone strength due to the fact that these patients are usually elderly and have many additional factors for the development of osteoporosis. The purpose of the study is to assess the status of bone mineral density (BMD) in men with hypothyroidism.Mate...

The aim of the present study is to determine the relationship between hypothyroidism and androgen deficiency in men of mature age.Material and methods: 60 men with primary hypothyroidism ranging in age from 21 to 60 years were studied. The men were divided into two age groups according to the periods of human ontogenesis – the group of the first period of mature age (from 21 to 35 years) and the second group of the mature age (from 36 to 60 years).<...

The long-term androgen deficiency (AD) in men with hypothyroidism is an important problem due to the fact that it leads to concomitant cardiac pathology, which remains the leading cause of mortality in the world. The presence of different points of view on the problem of AD and its effect on the risk factors for cardiovascular disease in patients with hypothyroidismattracts attention. The aim of the study is to assess the clinical signs of age-related androgen deficiency and t...