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Friday, November 25, 2011

SERUM TESTOSTERONE LEVELS MAY BE LINKED TO RISK OF CV EVENTS IN ELDERLY MEN

HeartWire (10/4, Nainggolan) reports that "elderly men in the highest quartile of serum testosterone levels have around a 30% lower risk of cardiovascular events over five years compared with men in the lower three quartiles," according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Investigators found that "the association remains even after adjustment for traditional cardiovascular risk factors and excluding those with CVD at baseline."

POSTED BY STEVEN ALMANY, MD

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