Abstract
Mean serum insulin-like growth factor-I was 9% lower in 233 vegan men than in 226 meat-eaters and 237 vegetarians (P = 0.002). Vegans had higher testosterone levels than vegetarians and meat-eaters, but this was offset by higher sex hormone binding globulin, and there were no differences between diet groups in free testosterone, androstanediol glucuronide or luteinizing hormone.
Publication types
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Comparative Study
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Androgens / blood*
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Androstane-3,17-diol / analogs & derivatives
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Androstane-3,17-diol / analysis
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Anthropometry
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Biomarkers
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Cross-Sectional Studies
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Diet
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Diet, Vegetarian*
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England / epidemiology
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Humans
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Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / analysis*
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Luteinizing Hormone / blood
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Male
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Meat
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Prostatic Neoplasms / epidemiology
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Risk Factors
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Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin / analysis
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Testosterone / blood
Substances
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Androgens
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Biomarkers
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Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin
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Androstane-3,17-diol
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androstane-3,17-diol glucuronide
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Testosterone
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Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
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Luteinizing Hormone