Clinical Study

Effects of Long-Term Testosterone Therapy on Patients with “Diabesity”: Results of Observational Studies of Pooled Analyses in Obese Hypogonadal Men with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 2

Comorbidities and concomitant medications at baseline for 156 obese hypogonadal men with type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with testosterone undecanoate for up to 6 years.

Comorbidities
 Hypertension 153 (99.4%)
 Type 2 diabetes156 (100%)
 Dyslipidaemia156 (100%)
 Coronary artery disease37 (23.7%)
 Myocardial infarction19 (12.2%)
Concomitant medications for diabetes at baseline
 Metformin36 (23.1%)
 Insulin25 (16%)
 Sulfonylurea8 (5.1%)
 Acarbose2 (1.3%)
 Antidiabetic drugs not further specified51 (32.7%)
 Total antidiabetic drugs122 (78.2%)
 No diabetes drugs (including 2 patients who
 were “prescribed” a diet)
29 (18.6%)
 No information available9 (5.8%)
Other concomitant medication categories at baseline
 Antihypertensives123 (78.8%)
 Lipid-lowering drugs99 (63.5%)