Association between the androgen levels and erectile function, cognitive functions and hypogonadism symptoms in aging males

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For TT	<8 nmol/L	Low
	8–12 nmol/L	Low limit value
	>12 nmol/L	Normal
For BT	<2.5 nmol/L	Low
	2.5–4 nmol/L	Low limit value
	>4 nmol/L	Normal
For FT	<0.18 nmol/L	Low
	0.18–0.25 nmol/L	Low limit value
	>0.25 nmol/L	Normal ^[Citation11].

Table I.  Average values of the parameters of all age groups.

	General Age Group	First Age Group	Second Age Group	Third Age Group
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Age	62.47 ± 6.62	55.30 ± 2.64	63.85 ± 2.57	72.15 ± 2.43
TT	19.88 ± 6.17	20.25 ± 6.80	20.39 ± 5.70	18.03 ± 6.03
SHBG	52.07 ± 15.80	42.03 ± 13.61	55.14 ± 14.05	62.95 ± 13.49
FT	0.33 ± 0.12	0.38 ± 0.14	0.32 ± 0.10	0.24 ± 0.07
BT	7.38 ± 2.68	8.67 ± 2.99	7.16 ± 2.29	5.55 ± 1.58
EF	19.31 ± 6.67	20.72 ± 6.76	18.76 ± 6.41	18.05 ± 7.02
IS	8.53 ± 3.68	8.72 ± 3.51	8.44 ± 3.83	8.40 ± 3.77
OF	7.15 ± 2.88	7.58 ± 2.90	6.87 ± 3.06	7.05 ± 2.43
SD	6.82 ± 1.80	7.05 ± 1.94	6.34 ± 1.74	7.55 ± 1.39
OS	6.78 ± 2.50	6.80 ± 2.61	6.72 ± 2.65	6.90 ± 1.99
IIEF T.	48.12 ± 15.72	50.50 ± 16.27	46.42 ± 15.80	47.85 ± 14.73
AMS	32.47 ± 8.03	31.36 ± 7.63	33.80 ± 8.49	31.35 ± 7.50
SMMT	28.62 ± 1.03	28.88 ± 1.03	28.59 ± 0.99	28.20 ± 1.00
Total	103	36	47	20

Table II.  Correlation analysis of the age and T levels and other parameters in general age group.

	AGE		TT		FT		BT
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
AGE			−0.124	0.214	−0.383 **	0.000	−0.406 **	0.000
TT	−0.124	0.214			0.754**	0.000	0.767**	0.000
SHBG	0.441**	0.000	0.392**	0.000	−0.258**	0.009	−0.222*	0.024
FT	−0.383**	0.000	0.754**	0.000			0.980**	0.000
BT	−0.406**	0.000	0.681**	0.000	0.980**	0.000
EF	−0.161	0.104	0.135	0.175	0.099	0.318	0.073	0.465
IS	−0.058	0.558	0.026	0.794	0.025	0.805	0.022	0.829
OF	−0.114	0.251	0.160	0.106	0.120	0.226	0.097	0.328
SD	0.023	0.821	0.081	0.415	−0.010	0.921	0.071	0.479
OS	0.007	0.941	0.068	0.493	−0.017	0.862	0.005	0.959
IIEF T.	0−.095	0.339	0.119	0.231	0.077	0.437	0.075	0.452
AMS	0.022	0.822	−0.052	0.601	−0.002	0.984	−0.041	0.679
SMMT	−0.277**	0.005	0.247*	0.012	0.279**	0.004	0.230*	0.020

* weak correlation

** strong correlation

Figure 1.  TT levels for all age groups.

Figure 2.  FT levels for all age groups.

Figure 3.  BT levels for all age groups.

Figure 4.  EF levels for all age groups.

Figure 5.  AMS rates for all age groups.

Lunenfeld B, Morley JE, Schulman C, Wang C, Weidner W, Wu FC. Investigation, treatment and monitoring of lateonset hypogonadism in males: ISA, ISSAM, and EAU recommendations. Int J Androl 2005;28:125–127.

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