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European Journal of Epidemiology

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01.07.2009 | LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Association of low total testosterone levels and prevalent carotid plaques: result of the study of health in Pomerania

verfasst von: Marcus Dörr, Henri Wallaschofski, Nele Friedrich

Erschienen in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Ausgabe 7/2009

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Vikan et al. [1] recently reported for the first time a cross-sectional inverse association between total serum testosterone and carotid plaque area among 2,290 men from the Tromsø study that was independent from major confounders (age, systolic blood pressure, smoking, and use of lipid-lowering drugs). On the other hand, they did not observe an association with plaque area progression in a 7-year follow-up of a subgroup, and testosterone levels were not related to carotid intima media thickness (IMT) in both cross-sectional and prospective analyses. …

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Titel: Association of low total testosterone levels and prevalent carotid plaques: result of the study of health in Pomerania
verfasst von: Marcus Dörr
Henri Wallaschofski
Nele Friedrich
Publikationsdatum: 01.07.2009
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: European Journal of Epidemiology / Ausgabe 7/2009
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-009-9354-7

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