Prior reports of hormonal abnormalities in men with chronic pain, the researchers suggest, may have resulted from the confounding effects of comorbid illness such as depression or inflammatory disease or coexistent medication use.

• 研究人员建议，先前关于患有慢性痛的人激素异常的报道可能受到同病（如：抑郁症或炎性疾病或者共同药物治疗的使用）混淆影响。