The benefits and risks of testosterone replacement therapy: a review
Traish et al. reviewed long-term observational evidence on testosterone therapy in men with testosterone deficiency, focusing on metabolic health, body composition, sexual function and quality of life.
Focus
Long-term outcomes
Published finding
Long-term outcomes
Source
10.1016/j.steroids.2014.05.004
Record
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Structured abstract
Method
Traish et al. reviewed long-term observational evidence on testosterone therapy in men with testosterone deficiency, focusing on metabolic health, body composition, sexual function and quality of life.
Result
Long-term therapy was associated with sustained improvements in waist circumference and body composition. Metabolic and sexual-health outcomes improved across the reviewed evidence. The review supports continued monitoring and individual risk assessment.
What to take with you
The reviewed series associate long-term therapy with sustained changes in waist, body composition, metabolic and sexual measures.
Why it matters
Long-term therapy was associated with sustained improvements in waist, body composition, metabolic and sexual measures.
Study frame
Long-term outcomes
Traish et al. reviewed long-term observational evidence on testosterone therapy in men with testosterone deficiency, focusing on metabolic health, body composition, sexual function and quality of life.
Finding
Long-term therapy was associated with sustained improvements in waist circumference and body composition.
Contrast
Metabolic and sexual-health outcomes improved across the reviewed evidence.
Context
The review supports continued monitoring and individual risk assessment.
DOI
10.1016/j.steroids.2014.05.004
Category
Long-term outcomes
Findings listed
3
Type
As published
What to take from the numbers
Boxes below use only wording already in the published summary for this study.
Reported finding
1
Long-term therapy was associated with sustained improvements in waist circumference and body composition.
Reported finding
2
Metabolic and sexual-health outcomes improved across the reviewed evidence.
Reported finding
3
The review supports continued monitoring and individual risk assessment.
A narrative review synthesises existing studies; it does not provide the causal certainty of a large randomised trial.
Why it matters when reading your own result
Pulled from the study's own findings.
Long-term therapy was associated with sustained improvements in waist circumference and body composition.
Long-term outcomes
Metabolic and sexual-health outcomes improved across the reviewed evidence.
Long-term outcomes
The review supports continued monitoring and individual risk assessment.
Long-term outcomes
Clinical reading
How to use this page
Traish et al. reviewed long-term observational evidence on testosterone therapy in men with testosterone deficiency, focusing on metabolic health, body composition, sexual function and quality of life.
Your own numbers
Measure before you decide what this page means for you.
The figures here describe men who were actually measured.
- Total testosterone and SHBG
- Symptoms written down
- Haematocrit as a safety baseline
- Repeat labs before any protocol change