Abdominal adiposity and physical fitness are major determinants of the age associated decline in stimulated GH secretion in healthy adults

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2209-2215

  Vahl, Nina ^a,b   Jørgensen, Jens O L ^a   Jurik, Anne G ^a   Christiansen, Jens S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CLONIDINE; GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FITNESS; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGING; ARGININE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029886765     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.6.2209     Document Type: Article

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