Title:Low Testosterone and Diabetes
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Author(s):Khaled El Baba and Sami T. Azar
Affiliation:Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, American University of Beirut-Medical Center, 3 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 8th floor, New York, NY 10017.
Keywords:Hypotestosteronemia, testosterone, diabetes, glucose metabolism, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance.
Abstract:There have been a lot of discussions concerning the relationship between testosterone serum levels in males
and diabetes. Low testosterone is commonly associated with type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Testosterone therapy
alters the body composition in a metabolically favorable manner. In this article we shed some light on the bidirectional
relation between hypotestosteronemia and diabetes discussing also the possible mechanisms and the benefit of
treatment.
