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Hormones and diet: low insulin-like growth factor-I but normal bioavailable androgens in vegan men

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 die...

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Autores principales: Allen, N E, Appleby, P N, Davey, G K, Key, T J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10883675
http://dx.doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.2000.1152