Men 70 years and older who have low serum testosterone levels appear to be at increased risk for eventual frailty, according to data released here at ENDO 2010: The Endocrine Society 92nd Annual Meeting."May"?
"While prior studies have reported cross-sectional associations between testosterone levels and frailty, this study is the first longitudinal analysis to demonstrate that free testosterone levels predict frailty," Zoe Hyde, MPH, PhD candidate, from the University of Western Australia in Perth, told Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology. "Our findings suggest that testosterone could play a role in the pathogenesis of frailty and, in turn, provide a rationale for clinical studies to explore whether testosterone therapy could prevent or treat frailty."
Almost certainly does.
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