Causal relationship between obesity and serum testosterone status in men: A bi-directional mendelian randomization analysis.

Causal relationship between obesity and serum testosterone status in men: A bi-directional mendelian randomization analysis.

Obesity in men is associated with low serum testosterone and both are associated with several diseases and increased mortality.Examine the direction and causality of the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and serum testosterone.Bi-directional Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis on prospect...

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Main Authors: Joel Eriksson, Robin Haring, Niels Grarup, Liesbeth Vandenput, Henri Wallaschofski, Erik Lorentzen, Torben Hansen, Dan Mellström, Oluf Pedersen, Matthias Nauck, Mattias Lorentzon, Lise Lotte Nystrup Husemoen, Henry Völzke, Magnus Karlsson, Sebastian E Baumeister, Allan Linneberg, Claes Ohlsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5407807?pdf=render

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