Routine Testosterone Screening of US Troops May Require Extensive Follow-on Care, Study Finds
The study found 100,691 active-duty soldiers below the 300 ng/dL threshold, and new screening rules could trigger more testing and treatment.
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Low testosterone screening rates among US army personnel examined
Approximately 1 in 4 active-duty male U.S. Army personnel may have a morning testosterone measurement below a commonly used clinical threshold, according to new research from Pennington Biomedical Research Center published this week in JAMA. The findings provide estimates of low testosterone screening results across the active-duty Army population and offer insight into the potential implications of routine testosterone screening for military personnel.
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Routine testosterone screening of US troops may require extensive follow-on care, study finds
One-time testosterone testing of troops found that 100,691 active-duty soldiers had morning screening levels below the medical threshold.
LSU's Pennington Biomedical study finds 1 in 4 male soldiers test below testosterone threshold
BATON ROUGE — Researchers at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center have found that roughly a quarter of active-duty male U.S. Army personnel register a testosterone measurement below the standard clinical threshold. About 25% of active-duty male U.S. Army personnel have a morning testosterone measurement below the standard clinical threshold of 300 ng/dL, according to a study published this week in JAMA by researchers at LSU's Pennington B…
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