Association of Alcohol Consumption with Markers of Prostate Health and Reproductive Hormone Profiles: A Multi-Center Study of 4535 Men in China

Meng Rao; Lian-Dong Zuo; Fang Fang; Kuete Martin; Yi Zheng; Hui-Ping Zhang; Hong-Gang Li; Chang-Hong Zhu; Cheng-Liang Xiong; Huang-Tao Guan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142780

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Association of Alcohol Consumption with Markers of Prostate Health and Reproductive Hormone Profiles: A Multi-Center Study of 4535 Men in China

Meng Rao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Meng Rao, Lian-Dong Zuo

Affiliation Family Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Lian-Dong Zuo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Meng Rao, Lian-Dong Zuo

Affiliation Guangzhou Institute of Population and Family Planning, Guangzhou, China
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Fang Fang,

Affiliation Family Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Kuete Martin,

Affiliation Family Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Yi Zheng,

Affiliation Department of Venereology, Wuhan Institute of Dermatology and Venereology, Wuhan, China
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Hui-Ping Zhang,

Affiliations Family Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Reproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Hong-Gang Li,

Affiliations Family Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Reproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Chang-Hong Zhu,

Affiliations Family Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Reproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Cheng-Liang Xiong,

Affiliations Family Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Reproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Huang-Tao Guan

* E-mail: guanhtao@163.com

Affiliations Family Planning Research Institute, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, Reproductive Medicine Center, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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Association of Alcohol Consumption with Markers of Prostate Health and Reproductive Hormone Profiles: A Multi-Center Study of 4535 Men in China

Meng Rao,
Lian-Dong Zuo,
Fang Fang,
Kuete Martin,
Yi Zheng,
Hui-Ping Zhang,
Hong-Gang Li,
Chang-Hong Zhu,
Cheng-Liang Xiong,
Huang-Tao Guan

Published: November 11, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142780

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