LouisianaA medical journal study estimates 26% of active-duty soldiers would test low for testosterone.
Clinical hypogonadism affects 1% of men at most, so most flags would be false alarms.
The Pentagon’s 300 ng/dL cutoff flags 26%, and a lower 264 cutoff used by US health officials still flags 15%.
The mandatory screen covers only men 30 and older, and symptom questions come first, so fewer would be tested.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s order stands despite objections from the Endocrine Society and the American Urological Association.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 10+ reports worldwide
- Ars Technica leans critical
- quantifies over-flagging, up to a quarter of Army members flagged versus a true prevalence a fraction of that, linking it to infertility risk
Sources: Ars Technica