Table 3 Rates of patients with adverse events by weight groups (normal weight, overweight, obese) and all patients. MACE is defined as death or nonfatal myocardial infarction or nonfatal stroke.

From: Differential effects of 11 years of long-term injectable testosterone undecanoate therapy on anthropometric and metabolic parameters in hypogonadal men with normal weight, overweight and obesity in comparison with untreated controls: real-world data from a controlled registry study

 

Normal weight group treated (n = 26)

Normal weight group untreated control (n = 37)

p value between groups

Overweight group treated (n = 121)

Overweight group untreated control (n = 165)

p value between groups

Obese group treated (n = 281)

Obese group untreated control (n = 193)

p value between groups

ALL Treated (n = 428)

ALL Untreated control (n = 395)

p value between groups

Deaths

1 (3.8%)

3 (8.1%)

NS

4 (3.3%)

14 (8.5%)

NS

18 (6.4%)

60 (31.1%)

<0.0001

23 (5.4%)

77 (19.5%)

<0.0001

Nonfatal myocardial infarctions

0 (0%)

4 (10.8%)

NS

0 (0%)

21 (12.7%)

<0.0001

0 (0%)

49 (25.4%)

<0.0001

0 (0%)

74 (18.7%)

<0.0001

Nonfatal strokes

0 (0%)

6 (16.2%)

<0.05

0 (0%)

11 (6.7%)

<0.005

0 (0%)

50 (25.9%)

<0.0001

0 (0%)

67 (17.0%)

<0.0001

Prostate cancer

0 (0%)

1 (2.7%)

NS

5 (4.1%)

15 (9.1%)

NS

7 (2.5%)

29 (15.0%)

<0.0001

12 (2.8%)

45 (11.4%)

<0.05

MACE

1 (3.9%)

8 (21.6%)

NS

4 (3.3%)

38 (23.0%)

<0.0001

18 (6.4%)

98 (50.8)

<0.0001

23 (5.4%)

144 (36.5%)

<0.0001

  1. NS non-significant