Open AccessMeat Intake and Reproductive Parameters Among Young Men
Author(s) -
Myriam C. Afeiche,
Paige L. Williams,
Audrey J. Gaskins,
Jaime Mendiola,
Niels Jørgensen,
Shanna H. Swan,
Jorge E. Chavarro
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0000000000000092
Subject(s) - semen quality , quartile , medicine , semen , confounding , sperm , confidence interval , population , red meat , demography , physiology , zoology , biology , environmental health , pathology , sociology , andrology
In the United States, anabolic sex steroids are administered to cattle for growth promotion. There is concern regarding the reproductive consequences of this practice in men who eat beef. We investigated whether meat consumption was associated with semen quality parameters and reproductive hormone levels in young men.