Testosterone and Men's Health
Abstract
Medical and behavioral research depicts the influence of testosterone on health in opposite ways, the former finding beneficial effects and the latter potentially detrimental ones. We investigate the relationship between testosterone and health risk behavior, indicators of disease, and overall health in a sample of 4393 men who were interviewed and medically examined. Analysis revealed that having a high level of testosterone, compared to a low level, increased the odds of health risk behavior. With respect to disease, high testosterone increased the odds of some health problems but decreased the chances of others. At very high levels testosterone loses many of its beneficial effects. Overall, men with high testosterone would be healthier if they did not engage in health risk behavior.
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Men with higher testosterone levels are reportedly more often engaged in health risk behaviour than men with low levels, and are more likely to smoke than controls.
“Thus, men with higher testosterone levels are reportedly more often engaged in health risk behaviour than men with low levels, and are more likely to smoke than controls (Booth et al., 1999).”
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Endogenous testosterone levels and smoking in men. The fifth Tromsø study
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- Authors
- Booth, A., Johnson, D. R., & Granger, D. A.
- Affiliations
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
- ORCID
- Granger, Douglas A.
- Venue
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine
- Published
- 1999-02
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-19
- ISSN
- 0160-7715 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-3521
- OpenAlex
- W74518421
- Cited by
- 110
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 2.07
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Behavioral Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Hormonal and reproductive studies
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
- Keywords
- testosterone, men's health, health risk behaviors, disease risk, disease biomarkers, sex hormones
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Health Status, Health Status Indicators, Humans, Male, Regression Analysis, Risk Factors, Risk-Taking, Testosterone, Veterans
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