Testosterone levels continue to decline even in healthy men over the age of 80 years. Although TT levels were inversely related to visceral obesity and several components of the metabolic syndrome, our data do not support a predictive or causative role for decreasing TT levels in the development of incident T2Dm. Androgen deficiency is consequent upon, rather than a cause of, poor metabolic status.
A study has been made of urinary infections in 466 old people living at home. Bacteriuria was present in 17 per cent of women and 6 per cent of men.Women with urinary infection had a significantly higher parity than those without infection, but there were no significant differences between the two in respect of urinary symptoms, previous operations on the urinary tract, blood pressure, renal function, haemoglobin, white cell count, or erythrocyte sedimentation rate.Comparison between subjects in the community with urinary infection and hospital patients showed that the latter had a higher frequency of infections with organisms other than EschericJria coli, particularly Proteus. Strains of E. colt isolated from hospital patients were conaiderably more often resistant to antibacterial agents than strains from infections in the community.
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