Effects of Testosterone Treatment in Older Men
Diabetes Australia · University of Pennsylvania · +22 more institutions
Abstract
Serum testosterone concentrations decrease as men age, but benefits of raising testosterone levels in older men have not been established.
We assigned 790 men 65 years of age or older with a serum testosterone concentration of less than 275 ng per deciliter and symptoms suggesting hypoandrogenism to receive either testosterone gel or placebo gel for 1 year. Each man participated in one or more of three trials--the Sexual Function Trial, the Physical Function Trial, and the Vitality Trial. The primary outcome of each of the individual trials was also evaluated in all participants.
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 89.58
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 40
Authors
33- PJPeter J. SnyderCorresponding
Diabetes Australia, University of Pennsylvania
- SBShalender Bhasin
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania
- GRGlenn R. Cunningham
Baylor College of Medicine, St. Luke's Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania
- AMAlvin M. Matsumoto
University of Washington, University of Pennsylvania
- AJAlisa J. Stephens‐Shields
University of Pennsylvania
Topics & keywords
- Testosterone (patch)
- Internal medicine
- Medicine
- Endocrinology
- Gerontology