Growth hormone concentration and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: The REasons for Geographic And Racial Disparities in Stroke (REGARDS) study

Identifying individuals at elevated risk for mortality, especially from cardiovascular disease, may help guide testing and treatment. Risk factors for mortality differ by sex and race. We investigated the association of growth hormone (GH) with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a racially diverse cohort in the United States.

Source: Atherosclerosis - September 13, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Nicholas Wettersten, Rohit Mital, Mary Cushman, George Howard, Suzanne E. Judd, Virginia J. Howard, Monika M. Safford, Oliver Hartmann, Andreas Bergmann, Joachim Struck, Alan Maisel Source Type: research