UPDATE: Ethnic Testosterone Differentials Country (ethnicity), n Total t [pg/ml] Source [comment] Egypt (Egyptian), 380 4293 (2835) Ghazi et al. (2012) Iraq (Arab), 100 6300 (2100) Al Chalabi & Al Waeli (2010) Iran (Iranian), 172 6400 (2140) Safarinejad et al. (2011) Iran (Iranian), 40 9650 (2160) Afkhami Ardekani et al. (2010) Iran (Iranian), 40 12770 (300) Venezuela (Venezuelan), 52 5182 (2157) Szemat et al. (2003) Turkey (Turk), 119 3864 (1546) Mustafa et al. (2011) Turkey (Turk), 196 3839 (1706) Turkey (Turk), 102 4672 (n/a) Haliloglu et al. (2013) Nigeria (Nigerian), 130 6379 (2107) Okeoghene et al. (2011) Nigeria (Nigerian), 40 9000 (2800) Usoro et al. (2005) Nigeria (Nigerian), 20 6260 (20) Emokpae et al. (2007) Nigeria (Nigerian), 100 6000 (240) Egwurugwu et al. (2011) Australia (Aussie), 425 4272 (n/a) Yeap et al. (2008) Australia (Aussie), 914 Belgium (Belgian), 40 Belgium (Belgian), 61 Belgium (Belgian), 271 4387 (n/a) 5764 (n/a) 5048 (n/a) 4598 (n/a) Van den Saffele et al. (1999) Spain (Spaniard), 129 5675 (2044) Martinez-Jabaloyas (2006) [ED] Spain (Spaniard), 478 4662 (n/a) Morote et al. (2009) Finland (Finn), 24 4792 (1299) Huovinen et al. (2009) Greece (Greek), 64 7660 (350) Kukuvitis et al. (2002) Germany (German), 1188 4965 (n/a) Volzke et al. (2010) Netherlands (Dutch), 1450) 4272 (1616) Giltay et al. (2012) Italy (Italian), 29 6321 (202) Lanfranco et al. (2004) Italy (Italian), 40 6100 (1000) Condorelli, Calogero & La Vignera (2013) Taiwan (Chinese), 702 3894 (1076) Liu et al. (2012) Taiwan (Chinese), 562 5528 (n/a) Jiann et al (2011) Taiwan (Chinese), 650 4583 (n/a) Lin et al (2006) Japan (Japanese), 232 4506 (n/a) Fujii et al. (2007) South Korea (Korean), 405 4641 (1719) Kang et al. (2013) South Korea (Korean), 107 4742 (n/a) Hong et al. (2009) *ED erectile dysfunction
ETHNIC GROUP n t OLD nt nt Rank n t NEW nt nt Rank pg/ml pg/ml African 4856 5442 3 5146 5507 3 Outside Africa 3971 5333 3971 5333 Indigenous 885 5932 1175 6097 Middle Eastern 1179 4647 6 2076 4542 7 Arab 734 4322 834 4559 Egyptian 90 9537 470 5297 Turk 355 4080 772 4064 East Asian 17984 5673 2 20642 5536 2 Chinese 8347 5564 10261 5386 Japanese 2915 5152 3147 5104 Korean 5250 5700 5762 5608 Malay 1435 7265 1435 7265 Thai 37 5378 37 5378 European 41718 4992 5 46831 4953 5 North America 13909 5056 13909 5056 Australasia 391 4812 1730 4455 Europe 26267 4934 30041 4909 Latin America 1151 5129 1151 5129 Indo-Aryan 1487 5700 1 1739 6023 1 Indian 907 6224 907 6224 Iranian 658 4978 910 5795 American 688 5187 4 688 5187 4 Latin American 1374 4548 7 1426 4571 6 From the updated results, if one considers only the so-called macro races, compared to European males, African and East Asian males have about 11% more testosterone on average. This is the result of some 199 peer-reviewed articles.
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