Associating serum testosterone levels with African ancestral prostate cancer health disparities.

ABSTRACT: Serum testosterone levels decrease in the aging male, while the risk for prostate cancer (PCa) increases concomitantly. Higher levels in younger men have been linked with racially driven PCa disparities, with African men disproportionately impacted. In turn, higher levels of serum lipids have been associated with aggressive disease, while racial disparity between serum testosterone, cholesterol and cancer mortality has been suggested. Having previously reported a 2.1-fold increased age-adjusted risk for aggressive PCa in Black South African over Black American men, we determined the serum testosterone and associated lipid levels in 250 Black South African men either with or without clinicopathologically diagnosed disease. Observing no associations with serum lipid levels, Black South Afric

SUBMITTER: Lebelo MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11978783 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature