ArticleLipids in health and disease2023
Cholesterol intake and serum total cholesterol levels are not associated with total testosterone levels in men: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2013-2014.
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- Association between remnant cholesterol-based lipid indicators and testosterone deficiency in middle-aged and older men: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Impact of adolescent high-fat diet and psychosocial stress on neuroendocrine stress responses and binge eating behavior in adult male Lewis rats.Hormones and behavior · 2025Article
- Associating serum testosterone levels with African ancestral prostate cancer health disparities.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Association between cardiometabolic index and risk of testosterone deficiency in adult men: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Association between the oxidative balance score and testosterone deficiency in males: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Association between cardiometabolic index and testosterone among adult males: a cross-sectional analysis from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013-2016.Translational andrology and urology · 2024Article
- The relationship between remnant cholesterol and the risk of testosterone deficiency in US adults: a cross-sectional study based on the NHANES database.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Association between life's essential 8 and male biochemical androgen deficiency: evidence from NHANES 2013-2016.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Association of geriatric nutritional risk index with total testosterone in elderly adults in the US: evidence from NHANES 2011-2016.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundTestosterone (T) is an anabolic hormone crucial to the structure and function of skeletal muscle. Testosterone is partially synthesized from cholesterol, but little is known about the relationship of cholesterol intake and serum cholesterol with T levels.
aimTo investigate whether cholesterol intake and serum total cholesterol (TC) levels are associated with serum total testosterone (TT) levels in men.
methodsA cross-sectional study enrolling 1996 men aged 20 to 80 years from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2013-2014 was carried out. Diet assessment was performed using two 24-h food recalls, and TT levels were measured by liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry. Regression analyses were performed to evaluate whether TT was associated with cholesterol intake and serum TC levels.
resultsNeither cholesterol intake nor serum TC levels were associated with TT levels in unadjusted and adjusted analyses (adjustment for energy, total fat and alcohol intake, smoking, age, physical activity, family income, marital status, race, educational level, diabetes, hypertension, and body mass index).
conclusionDietary cholesterol intake and TC levels are not associated with TT levels in men from the USA.
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