Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0005p225 | Steroids | BES2003

High prevalence of low testosterone levels in men with coronary heart disease and an association with hypertension and obesity - The South Yorkshire study

Pugh P , Morris P , Hall J , Malkin C , Asif S , Jones R , Channer K , Jones T

We(1) and others have established that men with coronary heart disease (CHD) have lower serum testosterone levels than men with normal coronaries. Hypotestosteronaemia is associated with dyslipidaemia, visceral obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension and a prothrombotic state.The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypogonadism in men with CHD proven by either greater than 70 per cent stenosis of one or more epicardial or greater than 50 per cent stenosi...