Recent trends in testosterone testing, low testosterone levels, and testosterone treatment among Veterans

Recent trends in testosterone testing, low testosterone levels, and testosterone treatment among Veterans

Summary Low serum testosterone (T) is common and increasingly prevalent with increased age. Recent studies report an ‘epidemic’ of T prescribing and concern about unnecessary T treatment. We investigated the number of men tested for T, the prevalence of low serum T levels, and initiation of T treatm...

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Veröffentlicht in:Andrology (Oxford) 2015-03, Vol.3 (2), p.287-292
Hauptverfasser: Walsh, T. J., Shores, M. M., Fox, A. E., Moore, K. P., Forsberg, C. W., Kinsey, C. E., Heckbert, S. R., Zeliadt, S., Thompson, M. L., Smith, N. L., Matsumoto, A. M.
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Sprache:eng
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Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
testosterone
Testosterone - administration & dosage
trends
United States
Veterans
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Zusammenfassung:Summary Low serum testosterone (T) is common and increasingly prevalent with increased age. Recent studies report an ‘epidemic’ of T prescribing and concern about unnecessary T treatment. We investigated the number of men tested for T, the prevalence of low serum T levels, and initiation of T treatment among those with low T levels in men treated at Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities in the Northwest US (VISN 20). We identified male Veterans aged 40–89 years and examined yearly proportions of men tested for T, found to have low T levels (total T 
ISSN:2047-2919
2047-2927
DOI:10.1111/andr.12014