Abdominal adiposity rather than age and sex predicts mass and regularity of GH secretion in healthy adults

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 272, Issue 6 35-6, 1997, Pages

  Vahl, Nina ^a   Jørgensen, Jens O L ^a   Skjærbæk, Christian ^b   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^c   Ørskov, Hans ^b   Christiansen, Jens S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Body composition; Gender; Growth hormone; Obesity; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030737928     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.272.6.e1108     Document Type: Article

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