Department of Experimental Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 Micras Asias, Goudi, Athens 115 27, Greece.
In Vivo. 2013 Sep-Oct;27(5):641-9.
BACKGROUND/AIM: Chronic obstractive pulmonary disease (COPD) in men has been associated with testosterone deficiency, known as the late-onset hypogonadism. Prostate cancer becomes more prevalent when testosterone values decline in males. We sought to determine endocrinological derangements that may affect PSA values in male patients with COPD.
A total of 69 male patients with COPD and 82 healthy volunteers were divided into subgroups according to: their age: (i) ≤60 years and (ii) >60 years; or disease severity: (i) FEV1<50% and (ii) FEV1≥50% predicted.
There was a significant reduction in total and free testosterone in patients with COPD. Patients with COPD aged >60 years had significantly lower free PSA compared to the control group.
Alterations of the male hormonal status in COPD are related with older age (>60 years) and poorer lung function (FEV1<50% predicted). This may have implications for the use of the PSA-based screening tests in the elderly male population with COPD.
背景/目的:男性慢性阻塞性肺疾病(COPD)与睾丸激素缺乏有关,即迟发性性腺功能减退症。当男性睾丸激素值下降时,前列腺癌的发病率会更高。我们试图确定可能影响 COPD 男性患者 PSA 值的内分泌失调。
共 69 名 COPD 男性患者和 82 名健康志愿者根据以下标准分为亚组:年龄:(i)≤60 岁和(ii)>60 岁;或疾病严重程度:(i)FEV1<50%和(ii)FEV1≥50%预计值。
COPD 患者的总睾酮和游离睾酮明显降低。年龄>60 岁的 COPD 患者的游离 PSA 明显低于对照组。
COPD 男性的男性激素状态改变与年龄较大(>60 岁)和肺功能较差(FEV1<50%预计值)有关。这可能对基于 PSA 的老年 COPD 男性人群筛查试验的使用产生影响。