# 6 TESTOSTERONE, CARDIC,ESTRADIOL, AGING MALE.

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Men with coronary atherosclerosis had a low testosterone, higher levels of ESTRONE ( another potent estrogen), and a low level of testosterone in the pressence of a high level of Estradiol.
"Low levels of total Testosterone, Testosterone / Estradiol ratio and free androgen index and higher levels of Estrone in men with Coronary Artery Disease appear together with many features of metabolic syndrome and may be involved in the pathogenesis of coronary atherosclerosis">


The Peer review Journal cited is---------------------

Dunajska K, Milewicz A, Szymczak J, et al. Evaluation of sex hormones levels and some metabolic factors in men with coronary atherosclerosis in the aging male. 2004 Sep: 7 (3) :197-204.