Low testosterone associated with obesity and the metabolic syndrome contributes to sexual dysfunction and cardiovascular disease risk in men with type 2 diabetes

Diabetes Care. 2011 Jul;34(7):1669-75. doi: 10.2337/dc10-2339.

Authors

Christina Wang¹, Graham Jackson, T Hugh Jones, Alvin M Matsumoto, Ajay Nehra, Michael A Perelman, Ronald S Swerdloff, Abdul Traish, Michael Zitzmann, Glenn Cunningham

Affiliation

¹ Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Torrance, California, USA. wang@labiomed.org

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Cardiovascular Diseases / etiology*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / blood
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications*
Erectile Dysfunction / etiology
Humans
Male
Metabolic Syndrome / blood
Metabolic Syndrome / complications*
Obesity / blood
Obesity / complications*
Risk
Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin / metabolism
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / drug therapy
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / etiology*
Testosterone / blood*
Testosterone / therapeutic use

Substances

Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin
Testosterone