title: [Role of androgen in the elderly. Frailty and androgen].
abstract: During aging process in men, decline of androgen level is involved in symptoms of late-onset hypogonadism, and recent findings suggest that it is also related to frailty, sarcopenia and osteoporosis. Frailty is one of the features of geriatric syndrome, and the prevention from frailty, sarcopenia and osteoporosis is important for keeping activities of daily living and quolity of life in elderly population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Sumito
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D000728:Androgens / Q000378:metabolism*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006801:Humans; D007006:Hypogonadism / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000728:Androgens