Hypogonadism is frequent in very old men with multimorbidity and is associated with anemia and sarcopenia
Schluessel, S.; Bidlingmaier, M.; Martini, S.; Reincke, M.; Reisch, N.; Schaupp, A.; Stalla, G.; Teupser, D.; Schmidmaier, R.; Drey, M. · Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2023 · Heft 1 · S. 43 bis 49
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BackgroundTestosterone deficiency in men is commonly referred to as hypogonadism [1, 2]. Starting from the third decade of life, there is an annual decline of approximately 0.4–2% in the free testosterone index [3,4,5]. The prevalence of hypogonadism exhibits significant variation across different studies and population groups. Specifically, in healthy outpatient groups of men the prevalence rates of hypogonadism range between 16% and 39% [6,7,8]. Iglesias et al. demonstrated an even higher prevalence of 53% in patients in an acute geriatric ward in Spain (n = 150, mean age 86 years) [9]. These examples show tha…
