Table 1. Review of all published studies of testosterone in men with angina (Channer et al., in press).
Author | Drug dosage | Primary study outcome | n | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hamm85 | Variable | 7 | ↓ Frequent angina | |
Walker86 | Variable | 9 | ↑ Exercise tolerance | |
Sigler87 | Low | 16 | ↑ Exercise duration | |
Lesser88 | Low | 92 | Improvement in 85 | |
Jaffe89 | Physiological | Exercise test | 50 | ↓ Segment depression depression |
Wu and Weng90 | Variable | Holter | 62 | ↓ Ischaemia on Holter |
Rosano et al.39 | High | Exercise test | 14 | ↑ Time to ischaemia |
Webb et al.62 | High | Exercise test | 14 | ↑ Time to ischaemia |
English et al.65 | Physiological | Exercise test | 46 | ↑ Time to ischaemia |
Thompson et al.91 | High and physiological | Exercise test Single photon emission computed tomography scan | 32 | Neutral |
Malkin et al.66 | Physiological | Exercise test | 10 | ↑ Time to ischaemia |
Mathur et al.67 | Physiological | Exercise test | 13 | ↑ Time to ischaemia |