ArticleNutrition journal2019
Dietary patterns in relation to testosterone levels and severity of impaired kidney function among middle-aged and elderly men in Taiwan: a cross-sectional study.
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- Ultra-processed foods and risk of declined renal function: a dose-response meta-analysis of 786,216 participants.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Pooled it
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- System-level clustering of testosterone-related biomarkers identifies high-risk aging profiles linked to inflammation and renal function.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- Understanding the Secular Decline in Testosterone: Mechanisms, Consequences, and Clinical Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
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- Association of nutrient intake and dietary patterns with serum folate and anemia-related biomarkers in Taiwanese pregnant women with pre-pregnancy overweightness or obesity.International journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Simultaneous Determination of Selected Steroids with Neuroactive Effects in Human Serum by Ultrahigh-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry.ACS chemical neuroscience · 2024Article
- Dietary trends and the decline in male reproductive health.Hormones (Athens, Greece) · 2023Review
- Associations of Dietary Patterns and Vitamin D Levels with Iron Status in Pregnant Women: A Cross-Sectional Study in Taiwan.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Lower testosterone levels are associated with higher risk of death in men.Evolution, medicine, and public health · 2023Article
- Higher Serum Testosterone Level Was Associated with a Lower Risk of Prediabetes in US Adults: Findings from Nationally Representative Data.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Association of Two Indices of Insulin Resistance Marker with Abnormal Liver Function Tests: A Cross-Sectional Population Study in Taiwanese Adults.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- The association between plant-based content in diet and testosterone levels in US adults.World journal of urology · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundChronic Kidney Disease (CKD), characterized by an impaired kidney function, is associated with low testosterone levels. This study investigated the association between dietary patterns, testosterone levels, and severity of impaired kidney function among middle-aged and elderly men.
methodsThis cross-sectional study used the database from a private health-screening institute in Taiwan between 2008 and 2010. Men aged 40 years old and older (n = 21,376) with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 90 mL/min/1.73 m
resultsMen in the lower tertiles (T1 and T2) of eGFR had significantly decreased testosterone levels by 0.8 (95% CI: - 1.40, - 0.20) and 0.9 nmol/L (95% CI: - 1.43, - 0.33). Furthermore, serum triglycerides (TG) levels were inversely associated with testosterone levels (β = - 0.51, 95% CI: - 0.77, - 0.24). Men in the higher tertile of fried-processed dietary pattern scores were associated with decreased testosterone levels by 0.8 nmol/L (95% CI: - 1.40, - 0.16), reduced testosterone-to-TG (T/TG) ratio by 1.8 units (95% CI: - 2.99, - 0.53), and increased risk of moderate/severe impaired kidney function (eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73 m
conclusionsThe fried-processed dietary pattern is negatively associated with testosterone levels but positively associated with the severity of impaired kidney function. However, the vege-seafood and dairy-grain dietary patterns appear to have beneficial effects.
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