Low testosterone levels linked to increased mortality
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A recent study has attributed low testosterone levels to earlier death in elderly men. Declining levels of serum testosterone have been considered as a factor leading to the deterioration of health in older men; however, there have been few scientific reports to back up this theory. Laughlin et al. carried out a prospective study of 794 men aged 50–91 years from 1984 to 2004 in a Southern California community. The group's median total testosterone level was 300 ng/dl.
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