Prevalence of Low Testosterone Levels in Primary Care in ...
European Congress of Endocrinology im Mai 2008
Prevalence of Low Testosterone Levels in Primary Care in Germany: Cross-sectional Results from the DETECT Study
HJ Schneider, C Sievers, J Klotsche, Hendrik Lehnert, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, Günter Karl Stalla
Background
Low testosterone levels in men occur with increasing age and are associated with increased morbidity, particularly metabolic syndrome, and mortality. As the prevalence of hypogonadal testosterone levels has not been assessed in the primary care setting in Europe, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of low testosterone levels in this setting, and the patient characteristics and comorbidities associated with it.
Methods
We measured testosterone in 2,719 male primary care patients (age 58.7 ± 13.4) from the DETECT study, a nationwide representative study of cardiovascular risk in Germany. Information on diseases, risk conditions and treatments was recorded by the primary care physicians. A large set of laboratory parameters was measured in a central laboratory. We calculated univariate and multivariate logistic regression models to assess the associations of low testosterone levels with different health and life style factors.
Results
A total of 19.3% of all men had hypogonadism as defined by testosterone levels ................
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