Benjamin C Trumble, Jacob Negrey, Stephanie V Koebele, Randall C Thompson, L Samuel Wann, Adel H Allam, Bret Beheim, M Linda Sutherland, James D Sutherland, Daniel Eid Rodriguez, David E Michalik, Chris J Rowan, Guido P Lombardi, Angela R Garcia, Daniel K Cummings, Edmond Seabright, Sarah Alami, Thomas S Kraft, Paul Hooper, Kenneth Buetow, Andrei Irimia, Margaret Gatz, Jonathan Stieglitz, Michael D Gurven, Hillard Kaplan, Gregory S Thomas
BACKGROUND: In industrialized populations, low male testosterone is associated with higher rates of cardiovascular mortality. However, coronary risk factors like obesity impact both testosterone and cardiovascular outcomes. Here, we assess the role of endogenous testosterone on coronary artery calcium in an active subsistence population with relatively low testosterone levels, low cardiovascular risk and low coronary artery calcium scores. METHODOLOGY: In this cross-sectional community-based study, 719 Tsimane forager-horticulturalists in the Bolivian Amazon aged 40+ years underwent computed tomography (49...
2023: Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health