Prediction model for anabolic androgenic steroid positivity in forensic autopsy cases - a new tool to the autopsy room.

ABSTRACT: Non-prescription use of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) is associated with an increased risk of premature death. However, these substances are seldom screened in connection with forensic cause-of-death investigation, unless the forensic pathologist specifically suspects use, often based on a positive AAS use history. Since AAS use is often concealed from others, this practice may lead to mistargeting of these analyses and significant underestimation of the true number of AAS positive cases undergoing forensic autopsy. Thus, more accurate diagnostic tools are needed to identify these cases. The main objective of this study was to determine, whether a multivariable model could predict AAS urine assay positivity in forensic autopsies. We analyzed retrospectively the autopsy reports of all

SUBMITTER: Vauhkonen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11306540 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature