Research Article
Assessment of Hypogonadism in Sudanese Males with Type 2 Diabetes and its an Association with Obesity
Jihan Mohammed Mohieldin, Badr Eddin H. Elabeid, Omer Mohamed Abdalla
Correspondence Address :
Dr. Omer Mohamed Abdalla
Institute of Nuclear Applications in Biological Sciences
Sudan Atomic Energy Commission
Khartoum
Sudan
P.O.Box 3001
Tel: + 249911899420
Email: oelhag@gmail.com
Received on: February 08, 2016, Accepted on: March 04, 2016, Published on: March 09, 2016
Citation: Jihan Mohammed Mohieldin, Badr Eddin H. Elabeid, Omer Mohamed Abdalla (2016). Assessment of Hypogonadism in Sudanese Males
with Type2 Diabetes and its an Association with Obesity
Copyright: 2016 Omer Mohamed Abdalla, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the level of testosterone in Sudanese
diabetic men and its association with obesity.
Research Design and Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted on 300 males with
type 2 diabetes mellitus aged > 40 years and 100 healthy volunteers in the same age as a
control. Total testosterone, follicle stimulating hormone, the luteinizing hormone was measured.
Height and weight were measured then the BMI was calculated.
Results: A Significant proportion of diabetic men showed low levels of serum testosterone,
where 79% had a testosterone level less than 300 ng/dL (10.4 nmol/L). Testosterone
showed a highly significant inverse relationship with BMI (body mass index).
Conclusion: Low serum testosterone levels are common in Sudanese males with type2
diabetes mellitus. Obesity is associated with low testosterone levels in those diabetic males.
Keywords: Type-2 diabetes mellitus, Testosterone, Obesity, BMI