Clinical Study
Trunk Fat Negatively Influences Skeletal and Testicular Functions in Obese Men: Clinical Implications for the Aging Male
Table 1
Biochemical and hormonal characteristics of the patients according to different BMI. Values are expressed as means ± SD.
| | BMI < 30 | BMI 30 ≤ 35 | BMI 35 ≤ 40 | BMI > 40 | |
| BMI | | | | |
| Mean age (yrs) | | | | | — | Total chol. (mg/dL) | | | | | — | HDL (mg/dL) | | | | | — | TGL (mg/dL) | | | | | — | Fibrinogen (mg/dL) | | | | | | CRP (ng/mL) | | | | | | HOMA | | | | | | OSCA (g/L) | | | | |
| SHBG (nmol/L) | | | | | — | PTH (pg/mL) | | | | | — | Vitamin D (ng/mL) | | | | |
| 17β-E2 (pg/mL) | | | | | — | Testosterone (ng/mL) | | | | |
| Trunk fat (%) | | | | | |
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