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Influence of marital status on testosterone levels-A ten year follow-up of 1113 men.
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Psychoneuroendocrinology [Psychoneuroendocrinology] 2017 Jun; Vol. 80, pp. 155-161. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Mar 10. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Based on a large population of 1113 men aged 30-60 at baseline (mean: 44.1 years, standard deviation: 10.5), we investigated whether intra-individual changes in testosterone (T) and related reproductive hormones during a ten year period were dependent of marital status at baseline and follow-up. The studied men were part of a health survey in Denmark, conducted between 1982 and 1984 with a follow-up examination approximately ten years later. Data on reproductive hormones, measured in serum, and lifestyle and marital status were obtained at both time points. As expected, an age-related decline in testosterone was observed. However, independent of age and lifestyle, we observed that men who went from unmarried to married (n=81) during the study period experienced an accelerated age-related decline in testosterone (-6.6nmol/L) whereas men who went from married to unmarried (n=67) experienced an attenuated age-related decline (-2.3nmol/L). Men who were either married or unmarried at both time points (n=167, n=798, respectively) had a testosterone decline in between (-3.7nmol/L and -4.6nmol/L, respectively). Changes in T/LH ratio did not differ according to marital status indicating that the lowered T level is not compensated by increasing LH levels. This could suggest a modification of the gonadostat due to an adaptation to changing life circumstances.<br /> (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- Adult
Denmark
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Life Style
Longitudinal Studies
Luteinizing Hormone analysis
Luteinizing Hormone blood
Luteinizing Hormone chemistry
Male
Marital Status
Middle Aged
Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin analysis
Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin chemistry
Testosterone analysis
Testosterone blood
Marriage psychology
Testosterone metabolism
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-3360
- Volume :
- 80
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Psychoneuroendocrinology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28376340
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.03.010