Open AccessGrowth Hormone Dynamics in Healthy Adults Are Related to Age and Sex and Strongly Dependent on Body Mass Index
Author(s) -
Ferdinand Roelfsema,
Johannes D. Veldhuis
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
neuroendocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.493
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1423-0194
pISSN - 0028-3835
DOI - 10.1159/000438904
Subject(s) - endocrinology , medicine , body mass index , basal (medicine) , cohort , hormone , young adult , biology , insulin
Studies on 24-hour growth hormone (GH) secretion are rare. The influences of sex, age, and adiposity are well recognized but generally derived from specific, selected subject groups, not spanning sexes, many age decades, and a range of body weights.
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