title: Words of wisdom. Re: In older men an optimal plasma testosterone is associated with reduced all-cause mortality and higher dihydrotestosterone with reduced ischemic heart disease mortality, while estradiol levels do not predict mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Ranjith
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramasamy
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Jason R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kovac
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Scovell
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: larryl@bcm.edu.
authors.forename: Larry I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Lipshultz
mesh_terms: D013196:Dihydrotestosterone / Q000097:blood*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000401:mortality*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D013196:Dihydrotestosterone; D013739:Testosterone; D004958:Estradiol