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Mortality and Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-I and IGF Binding Protein 3 Concentrations
Author(s) -
Nele Friedrich,
Robin Haring,
Matthias Nauck,
Jan Lüdemann,
Dieter Rosskopf,
E Spilcke-Liss,
Stephan B. Felix,
Marcus Dörr,
Georg Brabant,
Henry Völzke,
Henri Wallaschofski
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2008-2138
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confidence interval , prospective cohort study , proportional hazards model , population , endocrinology , insulin like growth factor , percentile , growth factor , receptor , environmental health , statistics , mathematics
Previous studies provided conflicting results regarding the association of serum IGF-I or IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) and mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the relation of IGF-I and IGFBP-3 levels with mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer in a prospective population-based study.

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