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Higher Serum Testosterone Protects Against the Development of Type 2 Diabetes in Middle-Aged but Not Older Men.

Diabetes, obesity & metabolism·August 1, 2026·PMID 42186203

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Testosterone's role in diabetes risk may be age-dependent, challenging the assumption that low testosterone uniformly increases T2D risk across all adult men. This finding can guide more personalized risk assessment and hormone evaluation in middle-aged versus older men.

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