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

Br J Cancer. 2000 Jul;83(1):95-7. doi: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1152.

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

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Androgens / blood*
  • Androstane-3,17-diol / analogs & derivatives
  • Androstane-3,17-diol / analysis
  • Anthropometry
  • Biomarkers
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Diet
  • Diet, Vegetarian*
  • England / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / analysis*
  • Luteinizing Hormone / blood
  • Male
  • Meat
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Risk Factors
  • Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin / analysis
  • Testosterone / blood

Substances

  • Androgens
  • Biomarkers
  • Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin
  • Androstane-3,17-diol
  • androstane-3,17-diol glucuronide
  • Testosterone
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
  • Luteinizing Hormone