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Article: Size Does Matter: Adolescent Build and Male Reproductive Success in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

TitleSize Does Matter: Adolescent Build and Male Reproductive Success in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study
Authors
KeywordsAdolescent
China
Offspring
Sex
Issue Date2011
PublisherElsevier Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/annepidem
Citation
Annals Of Epidemiology, 2011, v. 21 n. 1, p. 56-60 How to Cite?
AbstractPurpose: Women usually report attributes of masculinity as attractive. These are attributes are metabolically expensive. We examined the trade off of a key attribute of masculinity, muscularity, proxied by recalled adolescence build, with lifetime reproductive success in the developing country setting of Southern China. Methods: We used poisson multivariable regression in 19,168 older (≥50 years) Chinese from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (phases 2 and 3) to examine the sex-stratified, adjusted associations of recalled adolescent relative weight (light (n = 6730), average (n = 9344), and heavy (n = 3094)) with number of offspring. Results: Among men, recalled heavy adolescent weight compared with light was associated with an incident rate ratio for offspring of 1.08 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.04-1.13) adjusted for age. This estimate was unchanged by adjustment for life course socio-economic position. There was no such association in women. Conclusions: Male physical attractiveness, possibly representing levels of testosterone, was rewarded by lifetime reproductive success, despite potential costs. Socio-economic development may facilitate an inevitable move toward environmentally driven higher levels of testosterone with corresponding public health implications for any conditions or societal attributes driven by testosterone. Further investigation is warranted. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/145662
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.3
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.382
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dc.contributor.authorSchooling, CMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorJiang, Cen_HK
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Wen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLam, THen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCheng, KKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLeung, GMen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-28T04:24:47Z-
dc.date.available2012-02-28T04:24:47Z-
dc.date.issued2011en_HK
dc.identifier.citationAnnals Of Epidemiology, 2011, v. 21 n. 1, p. 56-60en_HK
dc.identifier.issn1047-2797en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/145662-
dc.description.abstractPurpose: Women usually report attributes of masculinity as attractive. These are attributes are metabolically expensive. We examined the trade off of a key attribute of masculinity, muscularity, proxied by recalled adolescence build, with lifetime reproductive success in the developing country setting of Southern China. Methods: We used poisson multivariable regression in 19,168 older (≥50 years) Chinese from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study (phases 2 and 3) to examine the sex-stratified, adjusted associations of recalled adolescent relative weight (light (n = 6730), average (n = 9344), and heavy (n = 3094)) with number of offspring. Results: Among men, recalled heavy adolescent weight compared with light was associated with an incident rate ratio for offspring of 1.08 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.04-1.13) adjusted for age. This estimate was unchanged by adjustment for life course socio-economic position. There was no such association in women. Conclusions: Male physical attractiveness, possibly representing levels of testosterone, was rewarded by lifetime reproductive success, despite potential costs. Socio-economic development may facilitate an inevitable move toward environmentally driven higher levels of testosterone with corresponding public health implications for any conditions or societal attributes driven by testosterone. Further investigation is warranted. © 2011 Elsevier Inc.en_HK
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherElsevier Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/annepidemen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofAnnals of Epidemiologyen_HK
dc.subjectAdolescenten_HK
dc.subjectChinaen_HK
dc.subjectOffspringen_HK
dc.subjectSexen_HK
dc.subject.meshBody Size-
dc.subject.meshBody Weight-
dc.subject.meshChina - epidemiology-
dc.subject.meshMasculinity-
dc.subject.meshReproduction-
dc.titleSize Does Matter: Adolescent Build and Male Reproductive Success in the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Studyen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.emailSchooling, CM:cms1@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailLam, TH:hrmrlth@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailLeung, GM:gmleung@hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.05.005en_HK
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dc.identifier.volume21en_HK
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dc.identifier.spage56en_HK
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dc.identifier.isiWOS:000285902500008-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Statesen_HK
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dc.identifier.issnl1047-2797-

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