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Khosla, S. et al.

S. Khosla, S. Amin, R.J. Singh, E.J. Atkinson, L.J. Melton, B.L. Riggs,

Comparison of sex steroid measurements in men by immunoassay versus mass spectroscopy and relationships with cortical and trabecular volumetric bone mineral density.

In men, measurement of serum testosterone and estradiol levels with immunoassays correlated with mass spectroscopic measurements, and correlations of sex steroids with volumetric bone mineral density were similar. INTRODUCTION: While immunoassays have been used extensively for measurement of serum testosterone (T) and estradiol (E(2)) levels, there is concern about their specificity, particularly at low E(2) levels as present in men. METHODS: We compared T and E(2) measured by mass spectroscopy to levels measured by immunoassay in men (n = 313, age 22 to 91 years) and related these to volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) at various skeletal sites. RESULTS: Serum T and non-SHBG bound (or bioavailable) T levels by immunoassay correlated well with the corresponding mass spectroscopy measurements (R = 0.90 and 0.95, respectively, P < 0.001); the correlations for serum E(2) measured using the two techniques were less robust (R = 0.63 for total E(2) and 0.84 for bioavailable E(2), P < 0.001). Overall relationships between serum bioavailable T and E(2) levels with vBMD at various skeletal sites were similar for the immunoassay and mass spectroscopic measures. CONCLUSIONS: Although E(2) levels with immunoassay correlate less well with the mass spectroscopic measurements than do the T measurements in men, our findings indicate that the fundamental relationships observed previously between vBMD and the sex steroids by immunoassay are also present with the mass spectroscopic measurements.[1]

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Comparison of sex steroid measurements in men by immunoassay versus mass spectroscopy and relationships with cortical and trabecular volumetric bone mineral density. Khosla, S., Amin, S., Singh, R.J., Atkinson, E.J., Melton, L.J., Riggs, B.L. Osteoporos. Int (2008) [Pubmed]

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