Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Highly Active Antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has been associated with several endocrine abnormalities. Data concerning thyroid dysfunction in HIV are still controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of thyroid dysfunctions and their association with HAART and HIV-infection in a large cohort of HIV-infected patients.Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was carried out involving HIV-infected patients whose t...

Background: HIV-infection is associated to several age-related comorbidities, such as a premature decline of serum testosterone (T). There is evidence about the relationship between health status, represented by frailty and comorbidities, and serum T levels in general population, while only one previous retrospective study investigated it in HIV-infected men.Aim: To investigate the association between frailty and gonadal status by assessing serum total T...

Background: ED is highly prevalent in HIV-infected men. T leads sexual behavior in men, but preliminary data suggests that ED is poorly related to serum T in HIV--infected men.Aim: To explore the relationship between sexual function and gonadal function in young/middle-aged HIV-infected men.Methodology: Prospective, cross-sectional, observational study on HIV-infected men (age <50 years). Serum TT was assessed by the gold stand...