Allan CA, Strauss BJ, Burger HG, Forbes EA, McLachlan RI



Testosterone and the Metabolic Syndrome

• Transdermal and injectable testosterone reliably increase insulin sensitivity--lowering glucose and insulin levels.

• Transdermal and injectable testosterone reduce arterial stiffness and systolic pressures in older men with isolated systolic hypertension.

• In supplementation studies, testosterone either reduced or did not affect BP.

• Lower endogenous T levels have been consistently related to increased measures of atherosclerosis and risk factors for atherosclerosis.

• T supplementation increases hepatic lipase activity which lowers HDL3-C and LpA-I:A-II. It does not lower, and often raises the levels of the anti-atherogenic HDL2 and LpA-I particles. (Tan)

• T supplementation consistently lowers lipoprotein (a), an atherogenic particle.

• Transdermal T often reduces total and LDL cholesterol in supplementation studies, or has no significant effect. Total HDL is often reduced with high-dose therapy.

• Transdermal T changes the lipoprotein subfractions towards more favorable profiles. It changes LDL towards more LDL III—the less atherogenic small dense particles, and preferentially reduces levels of HDL-3, the least=beneficial HDL subfraction.

Allan CA, Strauss BJ, Burger HG, Forbes EA, McLachlan RI. Testosterone Therapy Prevents Gain in Visceral Adipose Tissue and Loss of Skeletal Muscle in Non-obese Aging Men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Oct 16; [Epub ahead of print]

Background: Trials of testosterone therapy in aging men have demonstrated increases in fat free mass and skeletal muscle, and decreases in fat mass, but have not reported the impact of baseline body composition. Objective: To determine the effect, in non-obese aging men with symptoms of androgen deficiency and low-normal serum testosterone levels, of testosterone therapy on total and regional body composition, and hormonal and metabolic indices. Methods: 60 healthy but symptomatic, non-obese men aged >/=55 years with TT levels ................
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