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Oral glucose load and mixed meal feeding lowers testosterone levels in healthy eugonadal men.

Thiago Gagliano-JucáZhuoying LiKarol M PencinaYusnie M BelevaOlga D CarlsonJosephine M EganShehzad Basaria
Published in: Endocrine (2018)
A glucose load or a mixed meal transiently, but significantly, lowers TT levels in healthy, non-diabetic eugonadal men. These findings support the recommendations that measurement of serum testosterone to diagnose androgen deficiency should be performed while fasting.
Keyphrases
  • blood glucose
  • replacement therapy
  • middle aged
  • type diabetes
  • insulin resistance
  • clinical practice
  • skeletal muscle
  • glycemic control
  • weight loss