Welshlad87
New Member
Hi all,
Wondering how much genetics plays a role in secondary sex characteristics vs total testosterone levels.
I read a paper (attached) which shows that professional athletes have testosterone levels around 500-600ng/dl, which is around my levels but i have very poor secondary sex characteristics. Low muscle and bone mass the most significant.
Although in this report the athletes SHBG was quite a bit lower than what i have around 20-25 nmol/l where as mine is around 45 nmol/l. Recent blood work has shown i have Free T of around 9ng/dl.
In this report using the figures provided most athletes were around 12-16ng/dl.
Is this significant enough to affect secondary sex characteristics over what i have. Or could there be other genetic factors influencing this?
Wondering how much genetics plays a role in secondary sex characteristics vs total testosterone levels.
I read a paper (attached) which shows that professional athletes have testosterone levels around 500-600ng/dl, which is around my levels but i have very poor secondary sex characteristics. Low muscle and bone mass the most significant.
Although in this report the athletes SHBG was quite a bit lower than what i have around 20-25 nmol/l where as mine is around 45 nmol/l. Recent blood work has shown i have Free T of around 9ng/dl.
In this report using the figures provided most athletes were around 12-16ng/dl.
Is this significant enough to affect secondary sex characteristics over what i have. Or could there be other genetic factors influencing this?