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Ioutsi - PhD.</p><p>Moscow</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">vitalik_org@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8425-0020</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Андреева</surname><given-names>Е. Н.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Andreeva</surname><given-names>E. N.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Андреева Елена Николаевна - доктор медицинских наук, профессор.</p><p>Москва</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Elena N. 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Mel’nichenko - MD, PhD, Professor.</p><p>Moscow</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">teofrast2000@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9717-9742</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Мокрышева</surname><given-names>Н. Г.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Mokrysheva</surname><given-names>N. G.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Мокрышева Наталья Георгиевна - доктор медицинских наук, профессор, член-корр. РАН</p><p>Москва</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Natalya G. Mokrysheva - MD, PhD, Professor.</p><p>Moscow</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">nm70@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Национальный медицинский исследовательский центр эндокринологии</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Endocrinology Research Centre</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2023</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>11</day><month>05</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>69</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>80</fpage><lpage>91</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Филатова В.А., Роживанов Р.В., Бондаренко И.З., Иоутси В.А., Андреева Е.Н., Мельниченко Г.А., Мокрышева Н.Г., 2023</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Филатова В.А., Роживанов Р.В., Бондаренко И.З., Иоутси В.А., Андреева Е.Н., Мельниченко Г.А., Мокрышева Н.Г.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Filatova V.A., Rozhivanov R.V., Bondarenko I.Z., Ioutsi V.A., Andreeva E.N., Mel’nichenko G.A., Mokrysheva N.G.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.probl-endojournals.ru/jour/article/view/13226">https://www.probl-endojournals.ru/jour/article/view/13226</self-uri><abstract><sec><title>ЦЕЛЬ</title><p>ЦЕЛЬ. Выявить особенности стероидогенеза и артериальной гипертензии при «физиологической» гиперандрогении у мужчин.</p></sec><sec><title>МАТЕРИАЛЫ И МЕТОДЫ</title><p>МАТЕРИАЛЫ И МЕТОДЫ. Сплошное одномоментное исследование. Сравнивались группы мужчин с гиперандрогенией, обусловленной повышением уровня общего тестостерона (n=34), и гиперандрогенией, обусловленной повышением уровня дигидротестостерона (ДГТ) (n=66). При определении типа гиперандрогении и распределении пациентов по группам уровни ДГТ и общего тестостерона определялись методом усиленной хемилюминесценции. В группе пациентов с гиперандрогенией, обусловленной повышением общего тестостерона, проводилось сравнение подгрупп мужчин с артериальной гипертензией и без таковой. У всех пациентов оценивались индекс массы тела, величина окружности талии, величины систолического и диастолического артериального давления, оценивался пульс, определялись показатели уровней лютеинизирующего гормона, глобулина, связывающего половые стероиды, эстрадиола, мультистероидного анализа крови (методом тандемной масс-спектрометрии), глюкозы, липидного спектра крови, мочевой кислоты, креатинина, ренина, калия, натрия, хлорида крови. Пациентам с артериальной гипертензией дополнительно проводились суточное мониторирование АД, оценка альбуминурии, электрокардиография, осмотр глазного дна. Базовый пороговый уровень значимости p&lt;0,05. При множественных сравнениях проводился расчет уровня значимости p с применением поправки Бонферрони.</p></sec><sec><title>РЕЗУЛЬТАТЫ</title><p>РЕЗУЛЬТАТЫ. Были выявлены статистически значимые различия в уровнях 17-гидроксипрегненолона, 17-гидрокси-прогестерона и андростендиона, которые были выше у мужчин с повышенным уровнем общего тестостерона. Статистически значимых различий в других лабораторных параметрах выявлено не было. Случаев повышения артериального давления в группе мужчин с повышением ДГТ выявлено не было. В группе мужчин с повышением уровня общего тестостерона было выявлено 23,5% мужчин с артериальной гипертензией без поражения органов-мишеней, с гиперандрогенией было ассоциировано 17,6% случаев. Для артериальной гипертензии, ассоциированной с гиперандрогенией, был характерен подъем артериального давления в ранние утренние часы. Уровни эстрадиола, оставаясь в пределах нормы, были статистически значимо ниже у пациентов с артериальной гипертензией в сравнении с мужчинами с повышенным тестостероном, но без гипертензии.</p></sec><sec><title>ЗАКЛЮЧЕНИЕ</title><p>ЗАКЛЮЧЕНИЕ. При «физиологической» гиперандрогении, обусловленной повышением уровня ДГТ, случаев артериальной гипертензии не наблюдается, в то время как частота ее встречаемости при «физиологической» гиперандрогении, обусловленной повышением общего тестостерона, составила 23,5%. Особенностями стероидогенеза являлись повышенная выработка 17-гидроксипрегненолона, 17-гидроксипрогестерона и андростендиона у мужчин с тестостероновой гиперандрогенией и сниженная выработка эстрадиола у пациентов с артериальной гипертензией в сравнении с пациентами без таковой при тестостероновой гиперандрогении.</p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><sec><title>AIM</title><p>AIM. To reveal the peculiarities of steroidogenesis and arterial hypertension in «physiological» hyperandrogenism in men.</p></sec><sec><title>MATERIALS AND METHODS</title><p>MATERIALS AND METHODS. One-stage simultaneous study. The groups of men with hyperandrogenism caused by increased total testosterone (n=34) and those with hyperandrogenism caused by increased dihydrotestosterone (DHT) (n=66) were compared. In determining the type of hyperandrogenism and allocating patients to groups, DHT and total testosterone levels were determined by enhanced chemiluminescence. Subgroups of men with and without arterial hypertension were compared in the group of patients with hyperandrogenism due to an increase in total testosterone. Body mass index, waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, pulse, and LH, SBHG, estradiol, blood multisteroid levels by isotope dilution liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry, glucose, blood lipid spectrum, uric acid, creatinine, renin, potassium, sodium, and blood chloride were assessed in all patients. Patients with arterial hypertension additionally underwent daily BP monitoring, albuminuria assessment, electrocardiography, ocular fundus examination. The baseline threshold level of significance was p&lt;0.05. For multiple comparisons, the p significance level was calculated using the Bonferroni correction.</p></sec><sec><title>RESULTS</title><p>RESULTS. Statistically significant differences were found in the levels of 17-hydroxypregnenolone, 17-hydroxyprogesterone, and androstenedione, which were higher in men with elevated levels of total testosterone. No statistically significant differences in other laboratory parameters were found. No cases of increased blood pressure were detected in the group of men with elevated DHT. In the group of men with elevated total testosterone, 23,5% of men with arterial hypertension without targetorgan lesions were identified, while hyperandrogenism was associated with 17,6% of cases. Arterial hypertension associated with hyperandrogenism was characterized by a rise in blood pressure in the early morning hours. Estradiol levels, while remaining within normal limits, were statistically significantly lower in patients with arterial hypertension compared with men with elevated testosterone but without hypertension.</p></sec><sec><title>CONCLUSION</title><p>CONCLUSION. No cases of arterial hypertension were observed in «physiological» hyperandrogenism due to elevated DHT levels, whereas its incidence in «physiological» hyperandrogenism due to elevated total testosterone was 23,5%. The features of steroidogenesis were increased production of 17-hydroxypregnenolone, 17-hydroxyprogesterone, and androstenedione in men with testosterone hyperandrogenism and decreased estradiol production in patients with arterial hypertension compared with patients without testosterone hyperandrogenism.</p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>гиперандрогения</kwd><kwd>тестостерон</kwd><kwd>дигидротестостерон</kwd><kwd>мужчины</kwd><kwd>артериальная гипертензия</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>hyperandrogenism</kwd><kwd>testosterone</kwd><kwd>dihydrotestosterone</kwd><kwd>men</kwd><kwd>arterial hypertension</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Исследование и публикация статьи осуществлены на личные средства авторского коллектива</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><ref id="cit1"><mixed-citation publication-type="commun" publication-format="web"><name><surname>Dedov</surname> 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