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Hyperprolactinaemia in male diabetics
- Source :
- Postgraduate Medical Journal. 61:11-14
- Publication Year :
- 1985
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 1985.
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Abstract
- Summary We recently investigated two patients with diabetes and elevated serum prolactin levels in whom no cause of hyperprolactinaemia could be found. For this reason we measured fasting serum prolactin levels in 72 diabetic males and compared the results with those of 63 healthy males and 90 nondiabetic males attending an Impotence Clinic. The diabetic group had significantly higher serum prolactin levels (13.1 ± 0.9 ng/ml) than the two control groups (9.9 ± 0.6 ng/ml for normal males and 7.7 ± 0.3 ng/ml for the non-diabetic impotent group). Eighteen percent of the diabetics studied had serum prolactin levels above the normal range for males (> 20 ng/ml). There was no correlation between serum prolactin levels and duration of diabetes, glycosylated haemoglobin level or presence of clinically apparent retinopathy. The correlation between serum prolactin level and fasting plasma glucose was weak though statistically significant (r = 0.26, P < 0.05).
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Time Factors
Diabetes Complications
Serum prolactin
Erectile Dysfunction
Internal medicine
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus
medicine
Humans
Glycosylated haemoglobin
Aged
Diabetic Retinopathy
business.industry
Hyperprolactinaemia
General Medicine
Diabetic retinopathy
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Prolactin
Endocrinology
Erectile dysfunction
business
Research Article
Retinopathy
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14690756 and 00325473
- Volume :
- 61
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....26dbe62be7b194eff06ea5e823875fe6