Androgen deficiency has been receiving a lot of attention as an evolving health concern in the in-dustrialized world. With population aging, hypogonadism has become a challenging medical problem confronting practicing physicians. The importance of this increasingly prevalent disease arises from its potentially debilitating and serious consequences, such as atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, metabolic disorders, muscular weakness, psychiatric illness, sexual dysfunction and vascular inflammation. When left untreated, testosterone deficiency is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality.
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