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A Critical Evaluation of Simple Methods for the Estimation of Free Testosterone in Serum
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The free and nonspecifically bound plasma hormone levels generally reflect the clinical situation more accurately than total plasma hormone levels. Hence, it is important to have reliable indexes of these fractions. The apparent free testosterone (T) concentration obtained by equilibrium dialysis (AFTC) as well as the fraction of serum T not precipitated by 50% ammonium sulfate concentration (non-SHBG-T; SHBG, sex hormone-binding globulin), often referred to as bioavailable T, appear to represent reliable indexes of biologically readily available T, but are not well suited for clinical routine, being too time consuming. Several other parameters have been used without complete validation, however: direct immunoassay of free T with a labeled T analog (aFT), calculation of free T (FT) from total T and immunoassayed SHBG concentrations (iSHBG), and the free androgen index (FAI = the ratio 100T/iSHBG). In the view of substantial discrepancies in the literature concerning the free or bioavailable T levels, we compared AFTC, FT, aFT, FAI, and non-SHBG-T levels in a large number of sera with SHBG capacities varying from low, as in hirsute women, to extremely high as in hyperthyroidism. All these indexes of bioavailable T correlated significantly with the AFTC concentration; AFTC and FT values were almost identical under all conditions studied, except during pregnancy. Values for aFT, however, were only a fraction of either AFTC or FT, the fraction varying as a function of SHBG levels…
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“A wide spectrum of algorithms for free T exists, which can broadly be divided into three categories (Table 6).”
From Role of sex hormone-binding globulin in the free hormone hypothesis and the relevance of free testosterone in androgen physiology (2022) · cites this paper as [208]
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“Second, concerning the interaction between SHBG and T, variability and assumptions in terms of binding affinity, stoichiometry and allosteric interaction produce different quantities of free T in different models [5, 208].”
From Role of sex hormone-binding globulin in the free hormone hypothesis and the relevance of free testosterone in androgen physiology (2022) · cites this paper as [208]
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“Furthermore, because it is not standardized, large variability in bioavailable T results may exist between laboratories [208].”
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“First, several equations were derived from the general law of mass action. Association constants for albumin and SHBG used in these formulas were obtained from in vitro experiments by linearizing data through Scatchard analysis [16, 208, 212].”
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“Comparative studies of this analog-based immunoassay and ED confirmed that this technique does not detect nor quantify free T and that is should, therefore, not be used as an assay for free T [205, 207, 208].”
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“FT values were calculated from TT (measured by ID-LC–MS/MS), SHBG, and albumin according to Vermeulen [20].”
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“Consequently, TT, SHBG, free androgen index (FAI), calculated free testosterone (calculated FT), directly measured FT, and bioactive or bioavailable testosterone do not represent interchangeable endpoints.”
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“Directly measured FT and calculated FT were not pooled because they are analytically non-equivalent and may differ in calibration, assay performance, assumptions, and dependence on TT, SHBG, and albumin [8,9,10].”
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“This calculation was recently evaluated by different investigators, and found to be a reliable index of free testosterone (Vermeulen et al., 1999;Morley et al., 2002).”
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“Additionally, endurance athletes may have lower concentrations of free and total testosterone than non-athletes [24, 25].”
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“As direct assays to measure free testosterone are not entirely reliable, another useful tool for the assessment of biochemical hyperandrogenism is free testosterone calculated using the formula of Vermeulen and collogues [36].”
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“One of the challenges with T interpretation is the significant variability existing among laboratories and various assay techniques.”
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“At lower concentrations, IA demonstrate particularly significant variations among techniques, with equivalent samples resulting in 2.7–14.3 fold variations in reported results.”
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“The cFT levels (20) correlate well with measurements of free testosterone as determined by the gold standard of equilibrium dialysis (22).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Vermeulen, A., Verdonck, L., & Kaufman, J. M.
- Affiliations
- Ghent University Hospital (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Kaufman, Jean M.
- Venue
- The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Publisher
- The Endocrine Society
- Published
- 1999-10-01
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 3666-3672
- ISSN
- 0021-972X (ISSN-L)
- 1945-7197
- OpenAlex
- W2098247759
- Cited by
- 3,824
- References
- 15
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 22.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Hormonal and reproductive studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Medical Laboratory Technology › Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control
- Keywords
- free testosterone, bioavailable testosterone, sex hormone-binding globulin, equilibrium dialysis, free androgen index, ammonium sulfate precipitation, pregnancy, hyperthyroidism, hirsutism
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Androgens, Dialysis, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Female, Humans, Hyperthyroidism, Immunoassay, Male, Methods, Middle Aged, Osmolar Concentration, Pregnancy, Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin, Testosterone, Postmenopause
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