The association between caffeine intake and testosterone: NHANES 2013-2014.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Caffeine is one of the most commonly used psychoactive drugs in the world, and provides many health benefits including alertness, improved memory, and reducing inflammation. Despite these benefits, caffeine has been implicated in a number of adverse health outcomes possibly due to effects within the endocrine system, effects that may contribute to impaired reproductive function and low testosterone in men. Previous studies have investigated associations between caffeine consumption and testosterone levels in men, although the quantity and generalizability of these studies is lacking, and the results between studies are conflicting and inconclusive.

Methods

Using data from a cross-sectional study of 372 adult men in the 2013-2014 NHANES survey cycle, the researcher

SUBMITTER: Glover FE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9112543 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature