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. 2015 Apr 15;70(9):1105–1111. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glv031

Table 5.

Characteristics of Men at Screening for the Testosterone Trials: Overall and by Subsequent Enrollment in Physical Function, Sexual Function, and Vitality Trials: Mean (Standard Deviation) or Percent

Overall Physical Sexual Vitality
Age (years) 72.2 (5.7) 73.3 (6.2) 71.6 (5.3) 71.9 (5.8)
 Range 65–94 65–94 65–89 65–94
Non-White n (%) 11.4 12.8 13.4 7.8
BMI (kg/m2) 31.0 (3.5) 31.6 (3.4) 31.0 (3.5) 31.0 (3.6)
 Range 18.6–37.0 19.8–37.0 18.6–37.0 18.6–37.0
 BMI (≥30.0kg/m2) (%) 63 70 63 61
Total testosterone (ng/dL) 212.0 (40.0) 209.1 (39.9) 212.9 (40.3) 210.2 (41.5)
 Range 23.0, 274.0 53.5, 274.0 53.5, 274.0 23.0, 274.0
Gait speed (m/s) 1.1 (0.2) 1.0 (0.2) 1.1 (0.2) 1.1 (0.2)
 Range 0.1–1.8 0.1–1.2 0.1–1.8 0.3–1.7
Derogatis inventory of sexual function–sexual desire domain 14.0 (7.8) 14.3 (8.1) 11.8 (6.6) 14.0 (7.9)
 Range 0–33 0–33 0–33 0–33
FACIT-fatigue (0–51) 36.9 (8.7) 37.5 (8.4) 37.8 (8.9) 31.5 (6.4)
 Range 10–52 12–52 10–52 10–49**

*Testosterone values are the means from the first and second screening visits. The gait speed, DISF, and FACIT-Fatigue values are from the second screening visit.

**One man was mistakenly enrolled in the vitality trial with an ineligible FACIT-Fatigue score