Improved gonadal hormones levels following 6 and 12 months of anti-retroviral therapy among men living with human immunodeficiency virus infection
This study concludes that TT improved significantly after ART initiation. Particularly, half of the MLWH who presented with low TT at baseline normalized it within the first year of treatment. Therefore, ART reduces prevalence of hypogonadism and baseline TT seems to be predictive of future evolution of the hypogonadism.
Authors
- Karol J. Marwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5237-2904)
- Samuel Kalluvya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2582-2081)
- Haruna Dika (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1194-0714)
- Shabani Iddi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0637-2350)
- Benson R. Kidenya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6056-4156)
Institutions
- Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences (TZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-05-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324374
- Primary Topic
- Hormonal and reproductive studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00