Table 7.

Conditions requiring measurement of serum testosterone (as suggested by the Endocrine Society) (2)

Infertility

Osteoporosis, low trauma fracture

Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Glucorticoid, ketoconazole, opioid or other medications that affect T metabolism or production

Moderate to severe COPD

Sellar mass, radiation to the sellar region, or other diseases of the sellar region

End-stage renal disease, maintenance haemodialysis

HIV-associated weight-loss

COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.