학술논문
The relation between serum testosterone levels and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with kidney transplantation
Document Type
article
Source
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, Vol 25, Iss 5, Pp 951-959 (2014)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1319-2442
Abstract
The objective of the study is to evaluate the relationship between serum testos-terone levels and cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) in patients after kidney transplantation and with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Seventy-five male patients, aged between 18 and 68 years, who had kidney transplantation at least six months earlier, were enrolled into the study. Only renal transplant recipients and CKD patients with a creatinine level of 0.05). Serum testosterone levels were independent risk factors affecting IVC collapse index, systolic BP and LA. m-TORi and CNIs drugs might have no negative effect on serum testosterone levels, and improvement of the serum testosterone levels after transplantation might have a positive contribution on cardiac risk factors.