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- Relationship to Diabetes
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Men who have low testosterone and Type 2 diabetes face a greater risk of developing atherosclerosis – a condition where plaque builds up in the arteries – than men who have diabetes and normal testosterone levels, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).
Atherosclerosis occurs when fats, cholesterol and other substances build up in and on the walls of the body's arteries. This can restrict blood flow through the body's blood vessels. The plaques also can burst and cause blood clots.
"Our study indicates a strong association between low testosterone concentration and the severity of atherosclerotic plaques as well as other key atherosclerotic markers in middle-aged men with Type 2 diabetes," said one of the study's authors, Javier Mauricio Farias, MD, of the Hospital Universitario Sanatorio Guemes in Buenos Aires, Argentina. "The results of our study advance our understanding of the interplay between low testosterone and cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes."
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-10/tes-dmw101414.php
Atherosclerosis occurs when fats, cholesterol and other substances build up in and on the walls of the body's arteries. This can restrict blood flow through the body's blood vessels. The plaques also can burst and cause blood clots.
"Our study indicates a strong association between low testosterone concentration and the severity of atherosclerotic plaques as well as other key atherosclerotic markers in middle-aged men with Type 2 diabetes," said one of the study's authors, Javier Mauricio Farias, MD, of the Hospital Universitario Sanatorio Guemes in Buenos Aires, Argentina. "The results of our study advance our understanding of the interplay between low testosterone and cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes."
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-10/tes-dmw101414.php