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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Hypogonadism in HIV-1-infected men is common and does not resolve during antiretroviral therapy
Antiviral Therapy, Volume 12, No. 2, Year 2007
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Description
Objectives: To assess the prevalence of abnormal testosterone and gonadotropin values in HIV-infected men before and after 2 years of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). Design: Multicentre cohort of HIV-infected adults. Methods: We identified 139 Caucasian antiretroviral-naive male patients who started zidovudine/lamivudine-based cART that was virologically successful over a 2 year period. Ninety-seven were randomly chosen and plasma hormone determinations of free testosterone (fT) and luteinizing hormone (LH) at baseline and after 2 years of cART were evaluated. Results: At baseline 68 patients (70%) had subnormal fT levels. In these, LH levels were low in 44%, normal in 470/0 and high in 9%. There was a trend for an association between lower CD4+ T-cell counts and hypogonadism. Most participants had normal FSH levels. No significant changes of fT, LH and FSH levels were observed after 2 years of cART. Conclusions: Low fT levels, mainly with normal or low LH levels and thus indicating secondary hypogonadism, are found in the majority of HIV-infected men and do not resolve during 2 years of successful cART. © 2007 International Medical Press.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bersinger, Nick Arnold
Switzerland, Bern
University Hospital Bern
Fux, Christoph Andreas
Switzerland, Bern
University Hospital Bern
Mueller, Nicolas J.
Switzerland, Zurich
Universitatsspital Zurich
Hirschel, B. J.
Switzerland, Geneva
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
Cavassini, Matthias
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Elzi, Luigia
Switzerland, Basel
Universitätsspital Basel
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Schmid, Patrick
Switzerland, St Gallen
Kantonsspital St.gallen
Bernasconi, Enos
Unknown Affiliation
Furrer, Hansjakob Jackob
Switzerland, Bern
University Hospital Bern
Battegay, Manuel
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Bernasconi, Enos
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Böni, Jürg
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Bucher, Heiner C.
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Bürgisser, Ph
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Cattacin, Sandro
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Cavassini, Matthias L.
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Dubs, Rolf W.
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Egger, Matthias
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Erb, Peter
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Fischer, Marek
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Flepp, Markus J.
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Fontana, Adriano
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Francioli, Patrick B.
Switzerland, Lausanne
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Furrer, Hansjakob
Unknown Affiliation
Gorgievski, Meri
Unknown Affiliation
Günthard, Hüldrych Fritz
Unknown Affiliation
Hirschel, B.
Unknown Affiliation
Hösli, Irene Mathilde
Unknown Affiliation
Kahlert, Christian R.
Unknown Affiliation
Kaiser, Laurent K.
Unknown Affiliation
Karrer, Urs
Unknown Affiliation
Keiser, Olivia
Unknown Affiliation
Kind, Christian H.
Unknown Affiliation
Klimkait, Thomas
Unknown Affiliation
Ledergerber, Bruno
Unknown Affiliation
Martinez, Begogna
Unknown Affiliation
Müller, Nicolas J.
Unknown Affiliation
Nadal, David
Unknown Affiliation
Opravil, Milos
Unknown Affiliation
Paccaud, Fred Michel
Unknown Affiliation
Pantaleo, Giuseppe P.
Unknown Affiliation
Perrin, Luc Henri
Unknown Affiliation
Piffaretti, Jean Claude L.
Unknown Affiliation
Rickenbach, Martin
Unknown Affiliation
Rudin, Christoph
Unknown Affiliation
Schmid, Patrick
Unknown Affiliation
Schültze, Detlev
Unknown Affiliation
Schüpbach, Jörg Rg
Unknown Affiliation
Speck, Roberto F.
Unknown Affiliation
Taffé, Patrick
Unknown Affiliation
Tarr, Philip E.
Unknown Affiliation
Telenti, Amalio
Unknown Affiliation
Trkola, Alexandra
Unknown Affiliation
Vernazza, Pietro Luigi
Unknown Affiliation
Weber, Rainer
Unknown Affiliation
Yerly, Sabine T.B.D.
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 63
Authors: 56
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
ISSN:
13596535
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Participants Gender
Male