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| Title |
The effect of statins on testosterone in men and women, a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, February 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-11-57 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
C Mary Schooling, Shiu Lun Au Yeung, Guy Freeman, Benjamin J Cowling |
| Abstract |
Statins are extensively used for cardiovascular disease prevention. Statins reduce mortality rates more than other lipid-modulating drugs, although evidence from randomized controlled trials also suggests that statins unexpectedly increase the risk of diabetes and improve immune function. Physiologically, statins would be expected to lower androgens because statins inhibit production of the substrate for the local synthesis of androgens and statins' pleiotropic effects are somewhat similar to the physiological effects of lowering testosterone, so we hypothesized that statins lower testosterone. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 195 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 15% |
| Spain | 14 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 4% |
| Canada | 6 | 3% |
| India | 5 | 3% |
| Japan | 4 | 2% |
| South Africa | 4 | 2% |
| Brazil | 3 | 2% |
| Australia | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 15 | 8% |
| Unknown | 105 | 54% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 164 | 84% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 24 | 12% |
| Scientists | 3 | 2% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 2% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 151 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 148 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 26 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 23 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 11% |
| Other | 15 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 9% |
| Other | 24 | 16% |
| Unknown | 32 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 63 | 42% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 7% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 10 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 13 | 9% |
| Unknown | 35 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 150. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 March 2024.
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#280,105
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Outputs from BMC Medicine
#239
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#1,720
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#5
of 96 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,779,988 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 4,092 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 46.2. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 94% of its peers.
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