Associations of insulin-like growth factors, insulin-like growth factor binding proteins and acid-labile subunit with coronary heart disease

• Published in: Clinical endocrinology (Oxford) Vol. 61; no. 5; pp. 595 - 602
• Main Authors: Fischer, Frank, Schulte, Helmut, Mohan, Subburaman, Tataru, Mira-Christine, Köhler, Ekkehart, Assmann, Gerd, Von Eckardstein, Arnold
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.11.2004

Summary objective  IGFs and their binding proteins (IGFBPs) are produced both systemically and locally by cells of the cardiovascular system. As growth promoters, they may play a role in atherosclerosis. design  Case–control, cross‐sectional. patients  A total of 95 nondiabetic male patients with co...