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| Title |
Childhood ecology influences salivary testosterone, pubertal age and stature of Bangladeshi UK migrant men
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| Published in |
Nature Ecology & Evolution, June 2018
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| DOI | 10.1038/s41559-018-0567-6 |
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| Authors |
Kesson Magid, Robert T. Chatterton, Farid Uddin Ahamed, Gillian R. Bentley |
| Abstract |
Male reproductive investment is energetically costly, and measures of human reproductive steroid hormones (testosterone), developmental tempo (pubertal timing) and growth (stature) correlate with local ecologies at the population level. It is unclear whether male reproductive investment in later life is 'set' during childhood development, mediated through adulthood, or varies by ethnicity. Applying a life-course model to Bangladeshi migrants to the United Kingdom, here we investigate plasticity in human male reproductive function resulting from childhood developmental conditions. We hypothesized that childhood ecology shapes adult trade-offs between reproductive investment and/or other fitness-related traits. We predicted correspondence between these traits and developmental timing of exposure to ecological constraints (Bangladesh) or conditions of surplus (United Kingdom). We compared: Bangladesh sedentees (n = 107); Bangladeshi men who migrated in childhood to the United Kingdom (n = 59); migrants who arrived in adulthood (n = 75); second-generation UK-born and raised children of Bangladeshi migrants (n = 56); and UK-born ethnic Europeans (n = 62). Migration before puberty predicted higher testosterone and an earlier recalled pubertal age compared with Bangladeshi sedentees or adult migrants, with more pronounced differences in men who arrived before the age of eight. Second-generation Bangladeshis were taller, with higher testosterone than sedentees and adult migrants, and higher waking testosterone than Europeans. Age-related testosterone profiles varied by group, declining in UK migrants, increasing in sedentees, and having no significant relationship within UK-born groups. We conclude that male reproductive function apparently remains plastic late into childhood, is independent of Bengali or European ethnicity, and shapes physiological trade-offs later in life. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 59 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 9 | 15% |
| United States | 6 | 10% |
| Spain | 5 | 8% |
| Ecuador | 5 | 8% |
| Japan | 3 | 5% |
| Chile | 2 | 3% |
| Germany | 2 | 3% |
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 23 | 39% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 42 | 71% |
| Scientists | 16 | 27% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 58 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 58 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 12 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 11 | 19% |
| Unknown | 13 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 16% |
| Psychology | 7 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 10% |
| Other | 11 | 19% |
| Unknown | 13 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 474. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 September 2023.
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