ea0032p183 | Cardiovascular Endocrinology & Lipid Metabolism | ECE2013
Haring Robin
, Teumer Alexander
, Volker Uwe
, Dorr Marcus
, Nauck Matthias
, Biffar Reiner
, Volzke Henry
, Baumeister Sebastian
, Wallaschofski Henri
Background: Prospective studies showed that low serum testosterone concentrations are associated with various cardiometabolic risk factors and mortality. But the causal nature of these associations is controversial.Methods: We studied 1882 men aged 2079 years with serum testosterone concentrations and genotyping data from the longitudinal population-based Study of Health in Pomerania.Testosterone concentrations were cross-sec...