Association between waist-to-hip ratio and testosterone in Chinese men with young-onset type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study
According to our results, male patients with YOD exhibited lower testosterone levels compared to those with LOD. Furthermore, their testosterone levels were significantly negatively correlated with WHR. These findings indicate that it is more necessary to screen for testosterone in obese patients with YOD and that improving obesity, especially abdominal obesity, may help to interrupt the vicious cycle of low testosterone-obesity-insulin resistance-hyperglycemia-low testosterone.
Authors
- Bo Ban
- Fupeng Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-5833)
- Hui Shao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4088-546X)
- Hui‐Lin Pan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8444-3770)
- Mei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6295-5070)
- Yanhong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3051-1130)
- Yanying Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9486-0498)
- Yaru Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0061-4347)
- Qiuping Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2562-3591)
- Yan-An Luo
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- National Health and Family Planning Commission (CN)
- Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CN)
- Central Hospital of Zibo (CN)
- Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University (CN)
- Jining Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Endocrine Disorders
- Published
- 2025-03-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-025-01832-4
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hormonal and reproductive studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.29