Table of T Levels By 10-Year Age Group (Appendix from David Z's TRT Primer) - MESO-Rx

DavidZ · #1 (**permalink**) 05-21-2005, 11:29 AM

Attached is an Excel file with the tables of Total and Free T levels from the Appendix of my TRT Primer.

This table is awesome. It shows average Total and Free T levels by 10-year age group from 2 different studies that correlate extremely well. Included in the tables are mean and standard deviation values as well as 5th, 10th and 95th percentile values.

BigPooka · #2 (**permalink**) 05-21-2005, 12:07 PM

Man seeing that table, how its all broken down is very nice. Just makes me want to kick my old doctors ass for saying I was ok w/ a level of 287. Thank God for Doc who know what they are doing. Especially you Swale.

Pooka

DavidZ · #3 (**permalink**) 05-21-2005, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by BigPooka

Man seeing that table, how its all broken down is very nice. Just makes me want to kick my old doctors ass for saying I was ok w/ a level of 287.

Yes, this table tells quite a story, doesn't it?

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Originally Posted by BigPooka

Thank God for Doc who know what they are doing.

They're a treasure.

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Originally Posted by BigPooka

Especially you Swale. Pooka

Especially Swale for making himself available in a forum like this and putting up with contentious buggers like me.

earthdog · #4 (**permalink**) 05-21-2005, 10:19 PM

This needs to be a sticky BIG TIME!

Thanks David!!!

SWALE · #5 (**permalink**) 05-22-2005, 03:24 PM

Contencious guys keep us thinking.

We'll sticky this once it runs a bit. Thanks, DavidZ.

ANTB · #6 (**permalink**) 05-23-2005, 06:38 PM

Do you need excel to be able to view this?

pmgamer18 · #7 (**permalink**) 05-23-2005, 08:01 PM

Yes
Phil

mxim · #8 (**permalink**) 05-23-2005, 08:11 PM

i am a bit skeptical due to the fact that the amount of patients in each group was small. realistically,most men from 38-42 have T levels in the 400's.

bullmastiff · #9 (**permalink**) 05-23-2005, 08:47 PM

I was shocked to see how high the numbers were...Hard to believe that
men in their 50's were still around 550...I would like to see a very broad test
done that sampled men of different backgrounds.

DavidZ · #10 (**permalink**) 05-24-2005, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mxim

i am a bit skeptical due to the fact that the amount of patients in each group was small.

The tables represent two different studies. Since the results are similar, these studies effectively validate each other.

Also, the number of men in the second study was more than large enough to be considered statistically significant. There were about 150 to 300 men in each 5- or 10-year age band. That's well above the generally accepted minimum of 30 for statistical significance.

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Originally Posted by mxim

realistically,most men from 38-42 have T levels in the 400's.

I suspect that you're going by your observations of men that frequent this type of group. That group consists entirely of men who are, or think they may be, hypogonadal. That's definitely a statistically biased sample.