Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Risk in Young Healthy Men Treated with Injectable Testosterone

Table 1

Incidence rate of myocardial infarction (MI) from various registries (per 100,000 persons).

Study	Rate	Comments
United States National Hospital Discharge Survey, 2002	242	26-year study and noted case fatality rates decreased over time
New York State Registry (1996–2008)	71.6	13-year study and noted decrease mortality with time
Marshfield, Wisconsin, Epidemiology Study, 2002	292.4	6-year study of MI rates in stable population in WI
Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, 2013	37.9	Rates of MI were compared before & after the Tsunami
Kaiser Permanente, Northern California, 2008	208	The average of rates of MI from the 4 US registries approximates that of Kaiser at 203 per 100,000
Low T Centers, United States, 2014	30.0	Patients received testosterone injections