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Serum insulin‐like growth factor I in a random population sample of men and women: relation to age, sex, smoking habits, coffee consumption and physical activity, blood pressure and concentrations of plasma lipids, fibrinogen, parathyroid hormone and osteocalcin

Clinical Endocrinology · 1994 · Vol. 41(3) · pp. 351–357

Kerstin Landin‐Wllhelmsen✉(Sahlgrenska University Hospital)Lars Wllhelmsen(University Hospital Ostrava)George Lappast(University Hospital Ostrava)Thord Rosén(Sahlgrenska University Hospital)Göran Lindstedt(University of Gothenburg)Per‐Arne Lundberg(University of Gothenburg)Bengt‐Åke Bengtsson(Sahlgrenska University Hospital)

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Abstract

The present data can be used as reference values for IGF-I (at least in Caucasians) for the diagnosis of growth hormone disturbances and as guidelines for growth hormone substitution.

Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer Thyroid Disorders and TreatmentsBlood pressureEndocrinologyInternal medicineBody mass indexMedicinePopulationParathyroid hormoneHormoneInsulin-like growth factorInsulin

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AdultAge FactorsBlood PressureCoffeeFemaleFibrinogenHumansInsulin-Like Growth Factor ILipidsMaleMiddle AgedParathyroid HormoneReference ValuesSex FactorsSmoking