Childhood meat eating and inflammatory markers: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

CM Schooling, CQ Jiang, TH Lam, WS Zhang, Kar Cheng, GM Leung

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    Abstract

    Background: We hypothesized that socio-economic development could, via nutritionally driven levels of pubertal sex-steroids, promote a pro-inflammatory state among men but not women in developing countries. We tested this hypothesis, using recalled childhood meat eating as a proxy for childhood nutrition, in southern China. Methods: We used multivariable linear regression in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study phase 3 (2006-8) to examine the adjusted associations of recalled childhood meat eating,
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)345
    Number of pages1
    JournalBMC Public Health
    Volume11
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2011

    Keywords

    • sex
    • inflammation
    • childhood nutrition
    • developing country
    • China
    • white blood cell count
    • Cardiovascular disease

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