Fasting levels of growth hormone are associated with carotid intima media thickness but are not affected by fluvastatin treatment

BACKGROUND: Growth hormone (GH) has been linked to cardiovascular disease but the exact mechanism of this association is still unclear. We here test if the fasting levels of GH are cross-sectionally associated with carotid intima media thickness (IMT) and whether treatment with fluvastatin affects t...

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Autores principales: Hallengren, Erik, Almgren, Peter, Rosvall, Maria, Östling, Gerd, Persson, Margaretha, Bergmann, Andreas, Struck, Joachim, Engström, Gunnar, Hedblad, Bo, Melander, Olle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28511669
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-017-0563-9

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