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Luteinizing hormone and different genetic variants, as indicators of frailty in healthy elderly men.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Apr 1999
van den Beld A, Huhtaniemi I T, Pettersson K S, Pols H A, Grobbee D E, de Jong F H, Lamberts S W
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the possible clinical correlates between the serum LH concentration and characteristics of frailty and determined the presence and concentration of a genetic LH variant in an independently living population of elderly men. After exclusion of subjects with severe mobility problems and signs of dementia, 403 healthy men (aged 73-94 yr) were randomly selected from a population-based sample. Total...
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