Serum Testosterone Compared with Serum Zinc in Man
- 1 November 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Physiologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 101 (3) , 336-341
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-1716.1977.tb06015.x
Abstract
Serum Zn was measured in 154 male and 95 female blood donors. Men had higher serum Zn levels than women, the difference being statistically significant (P < 0.001). The correlations between serum Zn and serum testosterone, serum Zn and serum FSH [follicle stimulating hormone] and serum Zn and serum LH [luteinizing hormone] were studied in 40 men aged 28-60 yr and a statistically significant positive correlation was found only between serum Zn and serum testosterone in men of age 36-60 yr (P < 0.005). These results do not support the theory that slight Zn deficiency primarily affects pituitary gonadotropins but indicate rather that it would act on the testicular level.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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