NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men with type 2 diabetes, particularly those who are obese, often have low levels of testosterone, making them susceptible to sexual dysfunction, research indicates.
The study, which screened 355 type 2 diabetic men over the age of 30, found that 17 percent had obvious low testosterone or "hypogonadism." A further 25 percent of men had borderline low testosterone levels.
Obesity was a "significant predictor" of low testosterone levels.
"This study has demonstrated that there is a high prevalence of symptomatic hypogonadism in men with type 2 diabetes," write Dr. Dheeraj Kapoor from Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UK-based colleagues in the journal Diabetes Care.
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