Assessment of Testosterone and Luetinizing Hormones among Sudanese Psychiatric Patients
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Abstract: Psychiatric and mental disorders are the most common disease affecting the populations.The aim of this study was to assessment the level of serum testosterone and luteinizing hormones among Sudanese psychiatric patients.Cross sectional study was conducted during the period from November to December 2016, fifty samples from known psychiatric patients as case and fifty samples from healthy persons as control. The level of testosterone and luteinizing hormones was measured using Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent assay (ELISA) methods. Data were collected using structural questionnaire. Data analysis was carried out by means of statistical package for social science (SPSS version 16).The mean level of testosterone showed significant increase in psychiatric patients when compared to healthy individuals with P.value = (0.029), and the level of luteinizing hormone showed significant decreased in psychiatric patients when compared to control with p-value (0.000) respectively. There was significant increaseof testosterone level in psychiatric patients with ages less than 40 years when compared to age more than 40 years p-value (0.000). There was insignificant variation in level of luteinizing hormones in case group when compared according to age.Increase level of testosterone and decrease level of luteinizing hormones in psychiatric patients. Keywords:testosterone, luteinizing and psychiatric
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Elamin Musa Abdelhamid, NassrEldin M. A. Shrif
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