Salam Ranabir
Cross-sectional study was undertaken at ART centre of a medical Institute. The study recruited HIV infected males aged 18 to 65 years receiving ART. Patients with any debilitating chronic illness, diabetes mellitus, chronic smokers or alcoholic, currently on opioids or methadone were excluded. Androgen deficiency in aging male (ADAM) questionnaire was used to screen patients for possible presence of hypogonadism. Patients underwent biochemical evaluation for serum total testosterone (TT), luteinising hormone (LH) and CD4 count. Chi-squared test was used to compare different parameters. Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to assess any relationship between CD4 count, LH and testosterone. A p-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant
