Is there a relationship between spontaneous GH secretion, anthropometric parameters and exercise capacity in healthy men over 50 years?

Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 143-147

  Micmacher, E ^a   Conceicao F L ^a   Netto, L S ^a   Redorat, R ^a   Biesek, S ^a   Gold, J ^a   Cenci, M C ^a   Santos, M J C F ^a   Taboada, G F ^a   Assumpcao R ^a   Montenegro, F S ^a   Roisman, V ^a   Paula, S K ^a   Vaisman, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anthropometric parameters; GH secretion; Healthy men

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 39749086267     PISSN: 10966374     EISSN: 15322238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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