Research Article
Primary and Secondary Hypogonadism in Male Persons with Diabetes Mellitus
Table 2
Comparisons between patients with normal gonadic function (n) and those with secondary hypogonadism (sh) or primary hypogonadism (ph).
| | SH (n = 36) | | N (n = 103) | | PH (n = 34) |
| Age (years) | 60 ± 16 | ns | 60 ± 15 | t = 3.809, | 72 ± 10 | Years since diagnosis | 16 ± 10 | ns | 19 ± 12 | ns | 21 ± 9 | Type 1/2 (%) | 13/87 | ns | 24/76 | ns | 10/90 | Insulin use (yes) (%) | 53 | ns | 63 | ns | 76 | BMI (kg/m2) | 29.4 ± 5.2 | t = 2.007, | 27.6 ± 3.8 | ns | 28.9 ± 5.0 | HbA1c (%) | 8.4 ± 2.0 | t = 1.974, | 7.7 ± 1.6 | ns | 7.7 ± 1.4 | Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 163 ± 33 | ns | 165 ± 35 | ns | 153 ± 53 | Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 165 ± 89 | t = 3.197, | 121 ± 60 | ns | 147 ± 121 | HDLc (mg/dL) | 44 ± 14 | ns | 48 ± 13 | ns | 46 ± 19 | LDLc (mg/dL) | 85 ± 29 | ns | 93 ± 30 | t = 2.233, | 77 ± 39 | SBP (mmhg) | 131 ± 14 | ns | 132 ± 21 | ns | 135 ± 19 | DBP (mmHg) | 69 ± 10 | ns | 70 ± 13 | ns | 70 ± 12 | Retinopathy (yes) (%) | 48 | ns | 48 | ns | 46 | Cataracts (yes) (%) | 13 | ns | 20 | ns | 39 | Nephropathy (yes) (%) | 58 | ns | 42 | χ2 = 6.640, | 70 | PN (yes) (%) | 39 | χ2 = 4.299, | 22 | χ2 = 14.129, | 59 | AN (yes) (%) | 5 | ns | 5 | Ns | 10 | HBP (yes) (%) | 87 | ns | 75 | χ2 = 2.728, | 90 | Dyslipid (yes) (%) | 58 | Ns | 47 | χ2 = 4.156, | 69 | IHD (yes) (%) | 21 | Ns | 14 | Ns | 14 | CVD (yes) (%) | 11 | Ns | 10 | Ns | 17 | PVD (yes) (%) | 18 | Ns | 12 | Ns | 24 | TT (ng/dL) | 199 ± 67 | t = 8.340, | 447 ± 177 | t = 2.003, | 370 ± 193 | E2 (pg/mL) | 23 ± 13 | Ns | 25 ± 13 | Ns | 26 ± 13 | FSH (UI/L) | 6 ± 4 | Ns | 5 ± 3 | t = 9.068, | 20 ± 13 | LH (UI/L) | 5 ± 2 | Ns | 5 ± 2 | t = 11.972, | 17 ± 8 |
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