Metabolic characteristics of androgen deficiency in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is defined by the World Health Organization as an epidemic of an infectious disease. Currently, there are about 180 million diabetic patients on the planet. Every 12-15 years, their number doubles, i.e. by 2025, the total number of diabetic patients, according to experts, will reach 300 million people. The medical and social severity of diabetes determines the intensive scientific search for the causes and key links in the pathogenesis of the disease, At present, early clinical symptoms of the disease and hormonal and metabolic markers-predictors of late complications are determined with a high degree of accuracy.