Relationship between hip osteoporosis and gonadal steroids

Prevalence of hip osteoporosis (T-score <-2.5, red bars) and incidence of rapid hip bone loss (>3%/year, blue bars) in relation to total testosterone, bioavailable testosterone, total estradiol, and bioavailable estradiol levels in men age 65 or older.

T: testosterone; E: estradiol.

Adapted with permission from: Fink HA, Ewing SK, Ensrud KE, et al. Association of testosterone and estradiol deficiency with osteoporosis and rapid bone loss in older men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006; 91:3908. http://jcem.endojournals.org/. Copyright © 2006 The Endocrine Society.

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