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Diet and reproductive hormones: a study of vegetarian and nonvegetarian postmenopausal women.
J Natl Cancer Inst. 1981 Oct; 67(4):761-7.JNCI

Abstract

In comparison with matched nonvegetarian women, postmenopausal vegetarian women were found to have lower urinary levels of estriol and total estrogens, lower plasma prolactin levels, and higher plasma sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) levels. These differences were not explained by differences in body weight or obesity. Plasma SHBG levels were highly correlated with plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, which were also higher in vegetarians than in nonvegetarians. These hormonal differences may explain the lower rates of endometrial and possibly breast cancer that have been observed previously in vegetarian women.

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Armstrong BK
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Brown JB
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Clarke HT
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Crooke DK
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Hähnel R
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Masarei JR
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Ratajczak T
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MeSH

Age FactorsAgedBody HeightBody WeightDiet, VegetarianDietary FatsEstrogensFemaleHumansLipidsMenopauseMiddle AgedObesityProlactinSex Hormone-Binding Globulin

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

6944545

Citation

Armstrong, B K., et al. "Diet and Reproductive Hormones: a Study of Vegetarian and Nonvegetarian Postmenopausal Women." Journal of the National Cancer Institute, vol. 67, no. 4, 1981, pp. 761-7.
Armstrong BK, Brown JB, Clarke HT, et al. Diet and reproductive hormones: a study of vegetarian and nonvegetarian postmenopausal women. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1981;67(4):761-7.
Armstrong, B. K., Brown, J. B., Clarke, H. T., Crooke, D. K., Hähnel, R., Masarei, J. R., & Ratajczak, T. (1981). Diet and reproductive hormones: a study of vegetarian and nonvegetarian postmenopausal women. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 67(4), 761-7.
Armstrong BK, et al. Diet and Reproductive Hormones: a Study of Vegetarian and Nonvegetarian Postmenopausal Women. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1981;67(4):761-7. PubMed PMID: 6944545.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Diet and reproductive hormones: a study of vegetarian and nonvegetarian postmenopausal women. AU - Armstrong,B K, AU - Brown,J B, AU - Clarke,H T, AU - Crooke,D K, AU - Hähnel,R, AU - Masarei,J R, AU - Ratajczak,T, PY - 1981/10/1/pubmed PY - 1981/10/1/medline PY - 1981/10/1/entrez SP - 761 EP - 7 JF - Journal of the National Cancer Institute JO - J Natl Cancer Inst VL - 67 IS - 4 N2 - In comparison with matched nonvegetarian women, postmenopausal vegetarian women were found to have lower urinary levels of estriol and total estrogens, lower plasma prolactin levels, and higher plasma sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) levels. These differences were not explained by differences in body weight or obesity. Plasma SHBG levels were highly correlated with plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, which were also higher in vegetarians than in nonvegetarians. These hormonal differences may explain the lower rates of endometrial and possibly breast cancer that have been observed previously in vegetarian women. SN - 0027-8874 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/6944545/Diet_and_reproductive_hormones:_a_study_of_vegetarian_and_nonvegetarian_postmenopausal_women_ L2 - https://medlineplus.gov/dietaryfats.html DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -