2003•Journal of Bengbu Medical CollegeRequires access

The serum level of sex hormone in men with hypertension

Fengxiang Zhang, Bangning Wang

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Objective:To investigate the level of sex hormones in male patients with hypertension.Methods:By means of radioimmunoassay,we measured the serum estradiol(E\-2),testosterorn(T) and progesterone(P) levels in 50 hypertensive men and 40 normotensive men.Results:The men with essential hypertention had significantly lower serum T,E\-2 and P level than the control( P 0.001).Conclusions:Abnormality of sex hormones may be related to essential hypertension.

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Key concepts: Medicine, Hormone, Radioimmunoassay, Internal medicine, Abnormality, Endocrinology, Sex hormone-binding globulin, Essential hypertension