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ReviewDiabetes care2018

Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism in Men With Diabesity.

Sandeep Dhindsa, Husam Ghanim, Manav Batra, Paresh Dandona

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Review in Diabetes care, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
58citing papers in PubMed
11.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 150 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Acute Effects of Glucagon on Reproductive Hormone Secretion in Healthy Men.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2020
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  2. Effects of Glucagon-like Peptide-1 on the Reproductive Axis in Healthy Men.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2020
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  9. Sex Steroids in COVID-19 Patients with Hypertension: An Exploratory Study.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sandeep DhindsaDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, State University of New York at Buffalo, and Kaleida Health, Buffalo, NY.
Husam GhanimDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, State University of New York at Buffalo, and Kaleida Health, Buffalo, NY.
Manav BatraDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, State University of New York at Buffalo, and Kaleida Health, Buffalo, NY.
Paresh DandonaDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, State University of New York at Buffalo, and Kaleida Health, Buffalo, NY pdandona@kaleidahealth.org.ORCID 0000-0002-7055-2084
Kaleida Health · US

Funding

Testosterone effects on insulin sensitivity & inflammation in T2DM and obesityR01DK075877 · NIDDK · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI DANDONA, PARESH · 2009 to 2012
$2.3M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK075877
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One-third of men with obesity or type 2 diabetes have subnormal free testosterone concentrations. The lower free testosterone concentrations are observed in obese men at all ages, including adolescents at completion of puberty. The gonadotropin concentrations in these males are inappropriately normal; thus, these patients have hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH). The causative mechanism of diabesity-induced HH is yet to be defined but is likely multifactorial. Decreased insulin and leptin signaling in the central nervous system are probably significant contributors. Contrary to popular belief, estrogen concentrations are lower in men with HH. Men with diabesity and HH have more fat mass and are more insulin resistant than eugonadal men. In addition, they have a high prevalence of anemia and higher mortality rates than eugonadal men. Testosterone replacement therapy results in a loss of fat mass, gain in lean mass, and increase in insulin sensitivity in men with diabesity and HH. This is accompanied by an increase in insulin-signaling genes in adipose tissue and a reduction in inflammatory mediators that interfere with insulin signaling. There is also an improvement in sexual symptoms, anemia, LDL cholesterol, and lipoprotein (a). However, testosterone therapy does not consistently affect HbA

Indexed as

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansHypogonadismInsulinInsulin ResistanceLeptinMaleMetabolic SyndromeObesityPrevalenceTestosteroneInsulinLeptinTestosterone

Identifiers

PMID29934480
PMCPMC6014549
OpenAlexW2808789225

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