We sought to determine the role of sex hormone-binding globulin in patients with male infertility.We retrospectively reviewed the records of 168 males seen at a fertility clinic from 2012 to 2014 to investigate the accuracy of total testosterone in the biochemical diagnosis of hypogonadism using calculated bioavailable testosterone as the reference value. We used multivariable analysis to assess sex hormone-binding globulin as an independent predictor of infertility.Computations using calculated bioavailable testosterone as a standard in the measurement of definitive biochemical hypogonadism (less than 156 ng/dl) revealed 81
作者:Joshua, Ring;Charles, Welliver;Mike, Parenteau;Stephen, Markwell;Robert E, Brannigan;Tobias S, K?hler
来源:The Journal of urology 2017 年 197卷 5期