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Low testosterone levels linked to weight loss.(in women with HIV)(Brief Article)
2003 APR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low testosterone levels may be linked to weight loss in women infected with HIV.
"Risk factors for hypoandrogenemia among low-weight, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients are not known," according to a recent study from the United States.
To elucidate these factors, the "testosterone levels of 69 HIV-infected women with low weight and weight loss were compared with levels for 25 healthy, age- and body mass index-matched control subjects" by J. S. Huang and coauthors at Massachusetts General Hospital.
"HIV-infected subjects were of low weight, with a mean ([+ or -] standard deviation) weight loss of -17.6% [+ or -] 9.7% from preillness maximum, and 42% of HIV-infected subjects had a body mass index of
"Among HIV-infected women, when we controlled for chronic hepatitis status, age, and time of blood sampling, weight loss of greater than 10% of maximum weight was a significant predictor of low free testosterone levels," according to the report. "Free testosterone levels did not differ by drug class or antiretroviral regimen."
The researchers concluded that "decreased ...
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