ea0029p336 | Cardiovascular Endocrinology and Lipid Metabolism | ICEECE2012
Levalle O.
, Hershson A.
, Otero P.
, Mormandi E.
, Kogovsek N.
, Aszpis S.
The relationship between endogenous testosterone concentrations and coronary disease in men is controversial. Recently, it was demonstrated that the glucuronide metabolite of dihydrotestosterone (DHT), androstane-3α, 17β-diol (3-DIOL-G), but not testosterone (T), is strongly associated to several metabolic risk factors (fat mass, insulin, HOMA index, HDL, triglycerides, ApoA1, etc.) in young and elderly men. The object of the present trial was to evaluate the plasma ...