Randomized trial · 2000

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), DHEA sulfate, and aging: contribution of the DHEAge Study to a sociobiomedical issue

E. E. Baulieu, G. Thomas, S. Legrain, N. Lahlou, M. Roger, B. Debuire. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · N=280.

A year of DHEA replacement in older adults moved some hormone markers and skin/libido items. It did not produce a status, cognition, or income story. The optimization-panel favorite remains a biomarker looking for a job.

Open source doi:10.1073/pnas.97.8.4279 PMID 10760294

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DHEA-S on an optimization panel is not a status intervention.

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