STUDY OF SERUM TESTOSTERONE LEVELS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN NORTH INDIA

Dr Zhahid Hassan; Dr Muzamil Latief; Dr. Ravi Kumar Yadav; Dr Mohsin Gayas

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2019

STUDY OF SERUM TESTOSTERONE LEVELS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN NORTH INDIA

Dr Zhahid Hassan, Dr Muzamil Latief, Dr. Ravi Kumar Yadav, Dr Mohsin Gayas

Abstract :

INTRODUCTION: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the predominant form of diabetes worldwide, accounting for 90% of cases globally. Insulin resistance is an important feature of type 2 diabetes. Low concentrations of testosterone are linked with insulin resistance and implicated in hyperglycemia, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and an increased risk of vascular disease. The etiology of erectile dysfunction in Type 2 diabetes is often multifactorial and includes poor metabolic control, diabetes–induced micro–and macrovascular alterations, autonomic neuropathy, hypogonadism, or a combination of all these factors. AIMS and OBJECTIVES: To estimate the level of serum testosterone in diabetes mellitus type–2 patients and to find co–relation between testosterone and serum glucose level in Diabetes mellitus type–2 patients. MATERIAL and METHODS: A Prospective study was conducted on 100 patients diagnosed as Diabetes Mellitus Type–2 to estimate the serum testosterone levels. All the patients were selected from indoor and OPD basis of MMIMSR, Mullana,Ambala. OBSERVATION and RESULTS: Plotting free testosterone levels in various age groups in Diabetes Mellitus type 2 showed that serum testosterone levels were significantly low in age group 41–60 which was statistically significant. Our study also correlated the relationship between increasing BMI, increasing duration of diabetes mellitus and the presence diabetic complications with the falling free serum testosterone levels which also came out to be statistically significant. CONCLUSION: Our study concludes that there is a positive correlation between diabetes mellitus type 2 and falling serum testosterone levels.