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Published on: June 11, 2012
[Testosterone Undecanoate Pills improves insulin resistance in type-2 diabetes men with hypogonadism]
Hong-Jie DI1, Yao-Fu Fan1, Hui-Feng Zhang1
1Department of Endocrinology, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210028, China.
Objective:
To evaluate the effects of Testosterone Undecanoate Pills (TUP) on insulin resistance (IR) in type-2 diabetes men with hypogonadism.
Methods:
We randomly divided 82 type-2 diabetes patients with hypogonadism into a treatment (n = 42) and a control group (n = 40), both maintaining their glucose- and lipid-reducing therapies, while the former treated orally with TUP in addition. After 6 months of medication, we compared the body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), blood glucose level, HbA1c, lipid profile, IR index obtained by homeostatic model assessment (HOMA-IR), insulin sensitivity index (ISI), sex hormone levels, and sexual function scores between the two groups of patients.
Results:
Compared with the baseline, the patients in the treatment group showed significant decreases after medication in BMI ([26.71 ± 2.39] vs [25.15 ± 2.28] kg/m2, P <0.05), WC ([89.96 ± 9.13] vs [85.03 ± 9.58] cm, P <0.05), HbA1C ([7.73 ± 1.31] vs [7.01 ± 1.25] %, P <0.05), and triglyeride ([1.97 ± 0.83] vs [1.41 ± 0.69] mmol/L, P <0.05), a markedly elevated level of total testosterone ([7.16 ± 2.21] vs [14.22 ± 2.63] nmol/L, P <0.05), and remarkable improvement in HOMA-IR (3.76 ± 1.18 vs 2.55 ± 1.03, P <0.05), ISI (96 ± 51 vs 138 ± 53, P <0.05) and total scores of the Aging Males' Symptoms (P <0.05). But no significant changes were observed in the scores of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) after treatment (13.28 ± 6.38 vs 14.95 ± 6.08, P >0.05).
Conclusions:
TUP can significantly improve insulin resistance in type-2 diabetes men with hypogonadism.
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