Testicular atrophy in 80 HIV-positive patients: a multivariate statisticalanalysis

This retrospective study of risk factors for testicular atrophy in HIV-infe cted men investigates the relationship between complications of AIDS such a s wasting or opportunistic illness and testicular atrophy. Microscopic sect ions of the right testis were evaluated for testicular atrophy by assessing the mean score in each of 80 selected HIV-infected patients who underwent an autopsy during a one-year period. A significant association was observed between testicular atrophy and body mass index (BMI) (P=0.0496). Thus, und erweight patients with HIV infection were 3.52 times more likely to have te sticular atrophy than those with acceptable body weight. Other significant associations between other variables were not found.