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Whole-Body Insulin Sensitivity Rather than Body-Mass-Index Determines Fasting and Post-Glucose-Load Growth Hormone Concentrations

BACKGROUND: Obese, non-acromegalic persons show lower growth hormone (GH) concentrations at fasting and reduced GH nadir during an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). However, this finding has never been studied with regard to whole-body insulin-sensitivity as a possible regulator. METHODS: In this...

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Autores principales: Anderwald, Christian-Heinz, Tura, Andrea, Gessl, Alois, Smajis, Sabina, Bieglmayer, Christian, Marculescu, Rodrig, Luger, Anton, Pacini, Giovanni, Krebs, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4269423/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25517727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115184