The relationship between reduced testosterone, stimulated growth hormone secretion and increased carotid intima-media thickness in obese men

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 622-629

  Makimura, Hideo ^a   Stanley, Takara L ^a   Sun, Noelle ^a   Connelly, Jean M ^a   Hemphill, Linda C ^a   Grinspoon, Steven K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUILIBRIUM DIALYSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ADULT; ARGININE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK; TESTOSTERONE; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 78349265663     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2010.03859.x     Document Type: Article

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