 Sexual Vitality for MenSexual Vitality for Men: Testosterone & Your HealthMultiple medical studies have linked low testosterone levels with a higher death rate of men aged 50 or older. One study conducted at the University of Cambridge followed nearly 12,000 men ranging in age from 40 to 79. After ten years, more than 800 of the men had died. After adjusting for factors that might increase risk of death – including age, weight, smoking, alcohol use, high blood pressure, diabetes and physical activity – the link between low testosterone and earlier death remained. Compared to men in the lowest quartile (25 %) of testosterone levels, men in the highest quartile were 41% less likely to die. Similarly a study conducted by medical researchers at University of California, San Diego followed 800 men ranging in age from 50 to 91 years old from 1984 until death or 2004, whichever came first. Men with low testosterone levels were 33% more likely to die.
|
 
 |
 |
|