Low Serum Testosterone Levels in Male Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus as a Risk Factor for Coronary Artery Disease.

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic debilitating illness associated with several complications of which hypogonadism in male patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is often overlooked but carries a high prevalence and possibly associated with several co-morbidities.

Objectives: To study the correlation of serum testosterone with clinical and biochemical factors in male patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Method: In our cross-sectional study, we selected a group of 100 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (50 each with hypogonadism and 50 with eugonadism) and obtained their biochemical parameters and looked for the prevalence of co-morbid conditions.