Soy intake and urinary sex hormone levels in preschool Japanese children

The authors investigated whether soy intake is associated with sex steroid levels in Japanese children. This cross-sectional study was conducted in autumn 2006. Subjects were substantially healthy preschoolers, 230 boys and 198 girls, aged 3-6 years. Dietary data, including soy intake, were assessed using 3-day dietary records. Each child's dietary intake was controlled for total energy intake using the Willett method (Nutritional Epidemiology. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press; 1990:245-271). Urinary estrone, estradiol, testosterone, and 5-androstene-3β,17α diol levels measured using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry, and urinary dehydroepiandrosterone level measured with a radioimmunoassay, were adjusted for urinary creatinine levels. In the analysis of covariance for sex steroids after adjustments for age and body mass index, soy intake was significantly negatively related to estrone and estradiol in boys and positively related to testosterone and 5-androstene-3β,17α diol in girls. Isoflavone had a significant tendency to be negatively associated with estradiol in boys and to be positively associated with testosterone in girls. Total energy intake was not associated with any sex steroids in boys or girls. These results suggest that soy intake might affect the secretion or metabolism of sex steroids in childhood and that the effects might differ by sex.     

中老年男性血清性激素水平与代谢综合征的相关性

目的 探讨中老年男性血清性激素水平与代谢综合征（metabolic syndrome,MS）的关系。方法 用分层整群抽样方法抽取遵义市年龄≥ 40岁的男性进行问卷调查和体格检查,空腹抽取静脉血检测血清总睾酮（total testosterone,TT）、性激素结合球蛋白（sex hormone-binding globulin,SHBG）、黄体生成素（luteinizing hormone,LH）、甘油三脂（triglyceride,TG）和高密度脂蛋白（high density lipoprotein,HDL）,计算游离睾酮（calcuated free testosterone,cFT）、游离睾酮指数（free testosterone index,FTI）和睾酮分泌指数（testosterone secretion index,TSI）。结果 获得合格数据437例,MS患病率为18.8%。MS组TT、SHBG和TSI均低于非MS组,FTI高于非MS组（均有P<0.05）;TT与体质指数（body mass index,BMI）、TG、HDL、舒张压（diastolic pressure,DBP）呈负相关（均有P<0.05）;SHBG与BMI、TG、HDL呈负相关（均有P<0.05）,cFT与BMI呈正相关,与收缩压（systolic pressure,SBP）呈负相关（均有P<0.05）;FTI与BMI、TG呈正相关（均有P<0.05）;TSI与HDL呈正相关,与SBP、DBP呈负相关（均有P<0.05）;LH与BMI、TG呈负相关,与SBP呈正相关（均有P<0.05）。随着MS组分数增加,TT、SHBG和TSI逐渐下降,cFT无明显变化,FTI缓慢上升,LH先上升后下降;Logistic回归模型校正年龄、吸烟、饮酒等因素后发现TT、SHBG和TSI<P₅₀患MS的风险分别是≥ P₅₀的3.972、2.426和2.534倍（均有P<0.05）。结论 中老年男性血清TT、SHBG和TSI水平降低与MS的发生密切相关。     

Trans-fatty acid intake in relation to serum lipid concentrations in adult men.

The relation of trans-fatty acid intake to fasting serum lipid concentrations was evaluated in a cross-sectional study of 748 men aged 43-85 y. Multiple-linear-regression analysis was used to adjust for age, body mass index, waist-to-hip circumference ratio, smoking status, physical activity, alcohol intake, total energy, dietary cholesterol and linoleic acid, and previous serum cholesterol concentration. Trans-fatty acid intake was directly related to total serum (r = 0.07, P = 0.04) and low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) (r = 0.09, P = 0.01), and inversely related to high-density-lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (r = 0.08, P = 0.03). Trans-fatty acid intake was positively associated with the ratios of total to HDL cholesterol (r = 0.11, P = 0.002) and LDL to HDL cholesterol (r = 0.12, P = 0.001). The estimated ratios of total to HDL cholesterol were 4.4 and 4.9 for persons at the 10th (2.1 g/d) and 90th (4.9 g/d) percentiles of trans-fatty acid intake, respectively. On the basis of results from other studies, these ratios would correspond to a 27% increase in risk of myocardial infarction.     

Relations between sex hormone levels and sexual behavior in men

Using a sample of 33 healthy young men, 6 blood samples were obtained in the course of 2 weeks, and testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, and estradiol levels determined. The amount of free testosterone in the saliva was also ascertained for 23 of the subjects. All participants kept a daily record of their sexual activity during the investigational period. An interindividual comparison revealed a significant positive correlation between serum testosterone levels and the frequency of orgasms as well as a significant negative correlation between estradiol concentrations and the frequency of sexual activity without orgasm. The comparison of hormone levels to sexual behavior, prior to and after the individual sampling, reveals significant positive correlations between the serum testosterone and the extent of the preceding sexual stimulation, and between the total testosterone and the free testosterone on the one hand and both the preceding and subsequent frequency of orgasms on the other. The estradiol levels showed a significant negative correlation with both the preceding and the subseqent frequencies of sexual activity without orgasm.Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Project no. Kn 66/24).     

Raised thyroid stimulating hormone associated with kelp intake in British vegan men

To explore the hypothesis that the iodine intake of vegans might be inadequate, thyroid stimulating hormone concentrations were measured in plasma samples from 101 British men, of whom 48 were vegans and 53 were omnivores. The geometric mean thyroid stimulating hormone concentration, adjusted for age and body mass index, was 47% higher in the vegans than in the omnivores (P= 0.001). Five vegans but none of the omnivores had a thyroid stimulating hormone concentration above the reference upper limit of 5 mU/1 (P=0.022). High concentrations of thyroid stimulating hormone are usually indicative of marginal iodine status, but can also result from excessive iodine intake. The three vegans with the highest values of thyroid stimulating hormone reported regular use of kelp tablets or kelp powder. None of the other vegans, and none of the omnivores, reported taking kelp. After exclusion of the three vegans who took kelp, the remaining vegans had an adjusted geometric mean thyroid stimulating hormone concentration 29% higher than that of the omnivores (P=0.012). It was concluded that use of kelp can be associated with raised thyroid stimulating hormone, and that the iodine status of vegans who do not use kelp requires further investigation.     

镉接触工人体内血清性激素水平的变化

目的 探讨镉接触工人体内血清性激素水平的变化及其机制。方法 选取南方某冶炼厂镉接触工人及当地健康男性为调查对象,经空气采样测定各车间空气中镉的浓度,用原子吸收分光光度法测定尿镉,并经肌酐校正作为调查对象体内镉负荷的生物标记物;同时测定工人体内性激素水平,并进行镉接触的剂量－效应评定。结果 在控制年龄等混杂因素后,血清睾酮水平随镉接触水平的增高而呈升高趋势,其中尿镉为10．9－21．9μmol/mol肌酐及＞21．9μmol/mol肌酐组的睾酮水平分别为：13．00nmol／L和11．37nmol／L,与0．0－2．2μmol/mol肌酐组的9．31nmol／L比较,差异有显著性;电解车间及尿镉＞21．9μmol/mol肌酐组人的血清黄体生成素水平分别为4．11U／T和4．32U／L,显著同于对照组的2．52U／L和尿镉0．0－2．2μmol/mol肌酐组的2．64U／L。结论 镉接触能引起工人血清性激素水平的变化。     

Endogenous sex hormone levels in older adult men with diabetes mellitus

In a Southern California population-based cohort of 985 men aged 40-79 years in 1972-1974, 110 men with diabetes had significantly lower mean levels of endogenous plasma testosterone and sex hormone-binding globulin than did 875 nondiabetic men. Mean androstenedione, estrone, and estradiol levels did not differ significantly by diabetic status. The testosterone and sex hormone-binding globulin differences were reduced but not eliminated after adjustment for age and body mass index (weight (kg)/height (m)2). Twenty-one percent of diabetic men compared with 13% of nondiabetic men had testosterone levels below a categorically defined normal level of 3,500 pg/ml. Testosterone was inversely related to degree of glycemia in the whole cohort. Throughout the whole range of plasma glucose, there was a stepwise decrease in mean testosterone levels per categorical increase in fasting plasma glucose, apparent in both diabetics and nondiabetics. The clinical and physiologic implications of the reduced testosterone levels in diabetic men merit further investigation.     

Sex hormone levels in serum in relation to the development of breast cancer

In 1974, approximately 13,000 female residents of Washington County, Maryland, donated 15 ml of blood as part of a project to determine if certain serologic factors were related to the development of site-specific cancer. Sera were stored at -73 C. The present study reports the associations of serum levels of estrone, estradiol, estriol, androstenedione, progesterone, and testosterone with breast cancer among 17 premenopausal cases diagnosed 8-132 months after blood was drawn, and 39 postmenopausal cases diagnosed 6-72 months after blood was drawn. Each case was matched to four controls selected from the other serum bank donors. Matching factors were age, race, and time since last menstrual period. Cases and controls who were taking estrogen-containing preparations were excluded from this analysis. Sera were analyzed without knowledge of case-control status. Differences in levels of serum hormones between cases and controls were slight and not statistically significant.     

锰对雄性小鼠血清性激素水平的影响

目的 探讨锰暴露对雄性小鼠血清性激素分泌的影响。 方法 选用健康雄性昆明小鼠48只,随机分为对照组和低、中、高染锰组。各组小鼠分别腹腔注射生理盐水、12.5、25.0、50.0 mg/kg MnCl₂,注射容量5 ml/kg,每天染毒1次,持续14 d,最后一天染毒24 h后处死小鼠,测量体重、睾丸和附睾的重量,腹主动脉采血,离心后取血清用酶联免疫试剂盒检测促性腺激素释放激素(gonadotropin-releasing hormone,GnRH)、卵泡刺激素(folide-stimulating hormone,FSH)、黄体生成素(luteinizing hormone,LH)和睾酮(testosterone,T)的水平。HE染色观察下丘脑神经元细胞组织形态的改变。 结果 与对照组相比,各染锰组小鼠体重、睾丸和附睾脏器系数差异无统计学意义(P>0.05),而高锰组血清中GnRH、FSH和LH含量显著升高至68.22 ng/L、11.43 U/L、2 055.82 pg/ml(P<0.05),T水平明显降低至81.25 nmol/L(P<0.05)。HE染色发现对照组可见结构清楚,排列规整,核膜清晰,染锰组逐渐形态紊乱,胞体皱缩,细胞周围间隙增大。 结论 锰暴露可引起雄性小鼠血清性激素分泌异常以及下丘脑组织形态受损,GnRH、FSH、LH明显升高,睾酮降低。     

Determinants of sex hormone levels in men as useful indices in hormone-related disorders

Because the determinants of serum sex hormone levels in men have been infrequently studied, we investigated the relation of several personal characteristics to serum levels of testosterone (T), dihydrotestosterone (DHT), estrone (El), estradiol (E2) and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) among 98 Japanese American men in Hawaii, aged 52–74. The SHBG levels and T/(El + E2) ratios decreased progressively with increasing body mass index. The SHBG levels were also inversely associated with hematocrit levels. Serum androgen and estrogen levels did not correlate with smoking, alcohol intake, serum cholesterol, serum uric acid and blood pressure. Some of the associations observed in the present study may be implicated in the etiology of hormone-related neoplasms in men.     

Soy milk intake and plasma sex hormones: a cross-sectional study in pre- and postmenopausal women (EPIC-Oxford)

Soy beans contain high levels of the isoflavones genistein and daidzein and their glucosides. We investigated the relationship between soy milk intake and plasma concentrations of estradiol, sex hormone-binding globulin, and, in premenopausal women, follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, and progesterone in a cross-sectional study of 636 premenopausal and 456 postmenopausal British women. Sixty-five percent of the women were vegetarians or vegans. Data on soy milk intake and other factors were obtained from a validated food frequency questionnaire, hormone concentrations were measured by immunoassays, and variations in geometric means were compared using analysis of covariance. We observed no statistically significant trends or meaningful associations between soy milk intake and circulating sex hormones. Adjusting for factors possibly affecting circulating hormone concentrations did not materially alter the results. We conclude that soy milk intake does not change plasma concentrations of sex hormones in pre- or postmenopausal British women who consume soy milk as a part of their regular diet.     

Effects of androstenedione-herbal supplementation on serum sex hormone concentrations in 30- to 59-year-old men.

The effectiveness of a nutritional supplement designed to enhance serum testosterone concentrations and prevent the formation of dihydrotestosterone and estrogens from the ingested androgens was investigated in healthy 30- to 59-year old men. Subjects were randomly assigned to consume DION (300 mg androstenedione, 150 mg dehydroepiandrosterone, 540 mg saw palmetto, 300 mg indole-3-carbinol, 625 mg chrysin, and 750 mg Tribulus terrestris per day; n = 28) or placebo (n = 27) for 28 days. Serum free testosterone, total testosterone, androstenedione, dihydrotestosterone, estradiol, prostate-specific antigen (PSA), and lipid concentrations were measured before and throughout the 4-week supplementation period. Serum concentrations of total testosterone and PSA were unchanged by supplementation. DION increased (p < 0.05) serum androstenedione (342%), free testosterone (38%), dihydrotestosterone (71%), and estradiol (103%) concentrations. Serum HDL-C concentrations were reduced by 5.0 mg/dL in DION (p < 0.05). Increases in serum free testosterone (r2 = 0.01), androstenedione (r2 = 0.01), dihydrotestosterone (r2 = 0.03), or estradiol (r2 = 0.07) concentrations in DION were not related to age. While the ingestion of androstenedione combined with herbal products increased serum free testosterone concentrations in older men, these herbal products did not prevent the conversion of ingested androstenedione to estradiol and dihydrotestosterone.     

Alcohol intake in relation to diet and obesity in women and men

We studied relations between alcohol intake, body mass index, and diet in 89,538 women and 48,493 men in two cohort studies. Total energy increased with alcohol consumption (partial r = 0.11, P less than 0.001), and carbohydrate intake decreased from 153 g/d in abstainers to 131 g/d in women drinking 2.5.0-49.9 g alcohol/d. The decrease in carbohydrate intake was due mainly to decreased sugar consumption with higher alcohol intake (partial r = -0.05, P less than 0.001), reflecting decreased energy consumption from sources excluding alcohol. In men total energy increased with alcohol consumption (partial r = 0.19, P less than 0.001), from 7575.6 (abstainers) to 9821.5 kJ/d (greater than 50 g alcohol/d). Energy intake excluding alcohol varied little with alcohol intake (partial r = 0.003, P = 0.48) but sucrose intake decreased with higher alcohol intake. These data suggest that calories from alcohol were added to energy intake from other sources in men, and that in women, energy from alcohol intake displaced sucrose. The consumption of candy and sugar is inversely related to alcohol intake, raising the possibility that it is related to appetite for alcohol.     

Soy milk lowers blood pressure in men and women with mild to moderate essential hypertension

Soy-based diets reduce blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats, but apparently not in hypertensive humans. In the present study, the antihypertensive potential of soy milk (500 mL twice daily) compared with cow's milk was investigated in a 3-mo double-blind randomized study of 40 men and women with mild-to-moderate hypertension. Before initiation of the study, urinary isoflavonoids (measured by HPLC) were undetectable in most cases (for genistein, they were always <100 micromol/L). After 3 mo of soy milk consumption, systolic blood pressure decreased by 18.4 +/- 10.7 mmHg compared with 1.4 +/- 7.2 mmHg in the cow's milk group (P < 0.0001), diastolic blood pressure decreased by 15.9 +/- 9.8 mmHg vs. 3.7 +/- 5.0 mmHg in the cow's milk group (P < 0.0001) and mean blood pressure decreased by 16.7 +/- 9.0 mmHg compared with 3.0 +/- 4.6 mmHg in the cow's milk group (P < 0.0001). Urinary genistein was strongly (r = -0.588) and significantly (P = 0.002) correlated with the decrease in blood pressure, particularly for diastolic values. In conclusion, chronic soy milk consumption had modest, but significant hypotensive action in essential hypertensive subjects. This hypotensive action was correlated with the urinary excretion of the isoflavonoid genistein.     

Immunolocalization of sex steroid hormone receptors in the canine uterine tube and their relation to sex steroid hormone concentrations

The aim of this immunohistochemical study was to describe the cellular distribution of the estrogen receptor-alpha (ERalpha), progesterone receptor (PR) and androgen receptor (AR) in canine uterine tubes. Samples of uterine tubes were taken from dogs in different stages of the estrous cycle, and dogs that were pregnant or had just delivered. Nuclear staining for sex steroid hormone receptors was observed in the surface epithelium, stromal cells and smooth muscle cells of the muscular layer. Only slight differences in staining pattern were observed between the ampulla and fimbriae. The staining for ERalpha and PR showed changes throughout the estrous cycle. Some of these changes were related to changing concentrations of sex steroid hormones. High staining scores for ERalpha and PR were found during proestrus and low scores during early metestrus. The staining for AR showed only minor cyclic changes. However, during proestrus and estrus, cytoplasmic staining for AR was observed in differentiated secretory epithelial cells, when nuclear staining in these cells was nearly absent. For the three hormone receptors, stromal cells generally stained with a higher intensity than epithelial cells. It is likely that many steroid hormone actions on the epithelium are mediated through stromal cells. During pregnancy, rather high staining scores were found for ERalpha and AR in the uterine tube. This is in contrast to observations in the canine pregnant uterus.     

血清视黄醇结合蛋白4和性激素水平与子宫内膜增生的相关性研究

目的探讨血清视黄醇结合蛋白(RBP)4和性激素水平与子宫内膜增生(EH)的相关性。 方法选取2016年1月至6月,在暨南大学附属深圳市宝安区妇幼保健院生殖健康科就诊并经病理学检查诊断为EH的80例患者为研究对象。按照病理学检查结果,将其分为A组(n＝60,单纯性EH和复杂性EH),B组(n＝20,非典型EH)。采用阴道二维彩色多普勒超声测定患者体内子宫内膜厚度;采用化学发光法测定卵泡刺激素(FSH)、黄体生成素(LH)、雌二醇、泌乳素、睾酮、脱氢表雄酮(DHEA)水平,并采用酶联免疫吸附(ELISA)法检测血清RBP4水平。对2组患者的血清RBP4、FSH、LH、雌二醇、睾酮、DHEA水平共计6项因素,采用多因素非条件logistic回归分析法,对导致EH的危险因素进行分析。2组患者年龄、人体质量指数、月经周期、孕次、糖尿病史构成比、高血压史构成比等一般临床资料比较,差异均无统计学意义(P>0.05)。本研究遵循的程序符合暨南大学附属深圳市宝安区妇幼保健院人体试验委员会制定的伦理学标准,得到该委员会批准,分组征得受试者的知情同意,并签署临床研究知情同意书。 结果① A组患者血清RBP4、雌二醇、睾酮、DHEA水平均低于B组,且差异均有统计学意义(P<0.05);而2组患者FSH、LH水平比较,差异均无统计学意义(P>0.05)。②多因素非条件logistic回归分析结果显示,血清RBP4水平(OR＝1.564,95%CI：7.655～16.540,P＝0.006)及睾酮水平(OR＝1.652,95%CI：1.689～4.156,P＝0.036),可能与EH患者子宫内膜厚度有关。 结论血清RBP4、雌二醇、睾酮、DHEA水平可能与EH恶性病变有关,血清RBP4及睾酮水平与EH患者子宫内膜厚度有密切关系。     

Trends in nutritional intake and serum cholesterol levels over 40 years in Tanushimaru, Japanese men

BACKGROUND: Rapid socioeconomic development in Japan since the beginning of the Seven Countries Study in 1958 has brought remarkable changes in lifestyle and dietary patterns. We investigated the relationship between time trends in nutrient intake and serum cholesterol levels in a Japanese cohort of the Seven Countries Study, in Tanushimaru, a typical farming town on Kyushu Island. METHODS: Subjects totaled 628 in 1958, 539 in 1977, 602 in 1982, 752 in 1989, and 402 in 1999, and all of the subjects were men aged 40-64 years. Eating patterns were evaluated by 24-hour dietary recall from 1958 through 1989, and by a food frequency questionnaire in 1999. We also measured serum cholesterol levels in each health examination. RESULTS: The total daily energy intake decreased from 2837 kcal in 1958 to 2202 kcal in 1999. The carbohydrate intake in percentage of total daily energy intake decreased markedly, from 84% in 1958 to 62% in 1999, in contrast to large increases during this period in protein intake (from 11% to 18%) and fat intake (from 5% to 20%). In proportion to the dramatic change in protein and fat intake, serum cholesterol levels showed large increases (from 152.5mg/dl to 194.2 mg/ dL). CONCLUSIONS: In spite of such big dietary changes toward a westernized diet, the incidence of coronary artery disease in a rural Japanese area remains low. However, careful surveillance is needed in the future because of the remarkably increasing intake of fats, especially saturated fatty acids.     

Cigarette smoking and serum sex hormones in men

The relation between cigarette smoking and serum sex hormone concentrations was examined in two samples of the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) population. One sample consisted of 121 men at the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania MRFIT center who were followed longitudinally for four years. The other sample was drawn from the entire MRFIT cohort and consisted of 163 MRFIT participants who subsequently developed coronary heart disease and 163 matched controls. The results indicated a positive correlation between cigarette smoking and serum total androstenedione concentration. The association was independent of age, relative weight, alcohol drinking, blood pressure, and high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. Serum total and free testosterone concentrations were positively correlated with cigarette smoking among the longitudinal sample and the controls, but not for the baseline sera from the coronary heart disease cases. This positive correlation was also independent of age, relative weight, alcohol drinking, blood pressure, and HDL cholesterol. There was no association between either serum estradiol or estrone concentrations and cigarette smoking in this population. These observations may have important implications for epidemiologic studies of diseases with significant smoking relations.