Older men’s testosterone varies by country, race

Research recently published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism showed that testosterone levels in older men depended on race and geography. Twice as many white Americans were in the lower ranges than Hong Kong and Japan.

NEW YORK — New research shows older men’s sex hormone levels depend on both race and geographical location, casting further doubt on the criteria for “male menopause.”

More than a million testosterone prescriptions are being written in the U.S. every year, experts say, and many go to middle-aged and older men with stunted libido and depressed mood presumably caused by low levels of the male sex hormone.

But there is no consensus about what these symptoms — sometimes called “male menopause” or “low T” — mean, or when testosterone levels are too low in the first place. More:

By Frederik Joelving, Reuters
For The Vancouver Sun