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SUBMITTER: Basaria S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3440621 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Basaria Shehzad S Coviello Andrea D AD Travison Thomas G TG Storer Thomas W TW Farwell Wildon R WR Jette Alan M AM Eder Richard R Tennstedt Sharon S Ulloor Jagadish J Zhang Anqi A Choong Karen K Lakshman Kishore M KM Mazer Norman A NA Miciek Renee R Krasnoff Joanne J Elmi Ayan A Knapp Philip E PE Brooks Brad B Appleman Erica E Aggarwal Sheetal S Bhasin Geeta G Hede-Brierley Leif L Bhatia Ashmeet A Collins Lauren L LeBrasseur Nathan N Fiore Louis D LD Bhasin Shalender S
The New England journal of medicine 20100630 2
<h4>Background</h4>Testosterone supplementation has been shown to increase muscle mass and strength in healthy older men. The safety and efficacy of testosterone treatment in older men who have limitations in mobility have not been studied.<h4>Methods</h4>Community-dwelling men, 65 years of age or older, with limitations in mobility and a total serum testosterone level of 100 to 350 ng per deciliter (3.5 to 12.1 nmol per liter) or a free serum testosterone level of less than 50 pg per milliliter ...[more]