Article
Effects of 1 year of growth hormone therapy on serum lipoprotein levels in growth hormone-deficient adults. Influence of gender and Apo(a) and ApoE phenotypes.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Dec 1995
Johannsson G, Oscarsson J, Rosén T, Wiklund O, Olsson G, Wilhelmsen L, Bengtsson B A
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the influence of gender and apoE and apo(a) phenotypes as well as the effect of the metabolic effects of growth hormone (GH) on the effect of GH therapy on serum lipoprotein concentrations in GH-deficient (GHD) adults. Forty-four consecutive patients, 30 men and 14 women aged 46.5...
Topics
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Apolipoproteins A
- Apolipoproteins E
- Body Composition
- Female
- Growth Hormone
- Humans
- Insulin
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
- Lipoproteins
