PREVALENCE OF LOW FREE TESTOSTERONE LEVEL IN MEN WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS
Volume 12 , Issue 3 , September 2022 , Pages 289-295
Authors
Taha Othman Mahwi 1 ; Soran Khalil Hassan 2
1 Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
2 Iraqi Board Candidate of Internal Medicine, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
10.17656/jsmc.10371
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Abstract
Background
Prevalence of low serum free testosterone levels in men with type2 diabetes mellitus has been reported
worldwide.
Objectives
To find the prevalence of low free testosterone levels in type2 diabetic men.
Patients and Methods
A cross-sectional study was carried out in (the Diabetic and Endocrine Center) in Sulaimani from the 5th of
April, 2017, to the 3rd of January, 2018. Eighty-eight male patients of type two diabetes mellitus who attended
the centre for regular follow-up are included. After taking consent and history from the patient, a questionnaire
was taken on Sociodemographic data and diabetic characteristics (duration &type of treatment), body mass
index, and statin use. In addition, blood tests, including; free testosterone, were measured from morning
samples using the ELISA kit (bioactive diagnostic, free testosterone ELISA kit), blood sugar (fasting), HbA1c,
serum cholesterol, and serum triglyceride were done for all patients.
Results
There was little relation (correlation coefficient =0.07) (p-value 0.49) between free testosterone and HbA1c%
concentration, and serum HbA1c% does not seem to contribute significantly to the free testosterone level
variation. Duration of diabetes does not affect free testosterone levels.
Conclusion
The level of free testosterone in type2 diabetic men was average; there was no correlation between serum
HbA1c concentration and serum-free testosterone.
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