NEL, Testosterone and bone mineral density. Neuroendocrinology Letters incl. Back NEL Vol.
Most reports concentrate, however, on men of advanced age.
Therefore, we decided to investigate BMD in young healthy volunteers and in young patients suffering from infertility, and to compare it with serum tes-tosterone levels. The study was performed on 80 men divided into two groups. Serum testosterone levels and BMD were measured in each subject. There was a positive correlation between testosterone concentrations and BMD as well as T-score both in healthy subjects and in infertile patients. Results of the present study indicate that attention should be paid to testosterone deficiency in the young age in terms of the potential risk of decreased bone mineral density in the advanced age.