Benefit from testosterone and hydrocortisone on coronary atherogenesis in cockerels on a low protein atherogenic diet.

• During the course of our studies on the role of hormones in atherosclerosis, we have become increasingly aware of the importance of the protein level in the diet upon the action of hormones." In the present study, therefore, the lipid and atherogenic responses to the administration of an anabolic hormone, testosterone propionate, and a catabolic hormone, hydrocortisone (compound F), were analyzed at two different levels of protein in a cholesterol-oil supplemented diet.