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Insulin-like growth factor-I gene polymorphism and risk of heart failure (the Rotterdam Study).
The American journal of cardiology - 1 Aug 2004
Bleumink Gysèle S, Rietveld Ingrid, Janssen Joop A M J L, van Rossum Elisabeth F C, Deckers Jaap W, Hofman Albert, Witteman Jacqueline C M, van Duijn Cornelia M, Stricker Bruno H Ch
Abstract excerpt
We studied 4,963 participants of the population-based Rotterdam Study and found that a genetically determined chronic exposure to low insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) levels is associated with an increased risk for heart failure in elderly patients.
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