Is there a relationship between varicocele and testosterone levels?

The goal of this work was to study the relationship between presence of varicocele and testosterone serum levels in adulthood. A comparative, cross-sectional study of 387 men who consulted for erectile dysfunction. Age, body mass index (BMI), diabetes (DM), and presence of varicocele were related to...

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Published in:The aging male 2020-12, Vol.23 (5), p.592-598
Main Authors: Panach-Navarrete, Jorge, Morales-Giraldo, Andrés, Ferrandis-Cortés, Cristina, García-Morata, Francisco, Pastor-Lence, Juan Carlos, Martínez-Jabaloyas, José María
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aging
Body Mass Index
Cross-Sectional Studies
Erectile Dysfunction
Humans
hypogonadism
Male
Mens health
Testes
Testosterone
Varicocele
Veins & arteries
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Summary:The goal of this work was to study the relationship between presence of varicocele and testosterone serum levels in adulthood. A comparative, cross-sectional study of 387 men who consulted for erectile dysfunction. Age, body mass index (BMI), diabetes (DM), and presence of varicocele were related to testosterone levels through uni- and multi-variate analysis. A total of 248 cases (70.8%) had no varicocele, 46 (13.1%) had grade I varicocele, 36 (10.3%) grade II, and 20 (5.7%) grade III. The mean total testosterone levels were 4.77 ng/mL in the non-varicocele group and 4.34 ng/mL in the varicocele group (p = .91), while free testosterone levels were 69.81 and 73.24 pg/mL (p = .18), respectively. In the multivariate analysis, BMI> = 30 was related to low total testosterone levels (OR: 2.94, p 
ISSN:1368-5538
1473-0790
DOI:10.1080/13685538.2018.1550745