Fasting levels of high-sensitivity growth hormone predict cardiovascular morbidity and mortality: the malmö diet and cancer study.

Summary, in English

Both pathological excess and deficiency of growth hormone (GH) are associated with cardiovascular mortality.

• Author: Erik Hallengren; Peter Almgren; Gunnar Engström; Bo Hedblad; Margaretha Persson; Jennifer Suhr; Andreas Bergmann; Olle Melander
• Department/s: Cardiovascular Research - Hypertension; Translational Muscle Research; Cardiovascular Research - Epidemiology; Internal Medicine - Epidemiology; EXODIAB: Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publishing year: 2014
• Language: English
• Pages: 1452-1460
• Publication/Series: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
• Volume: 64
• Issue: 14
• Full text: - 323 kB; Download statistics
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25277616?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2014.03.063
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
• Status: Published
• Research group: Cardiovascular Research - Hypertension; Genomics, Diabetes and Endocrinology; Cardiovascular Research - Epidemiology; Internal Medicine - Epidemiology
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0735-1097