| Autor: |
Rudman D, Nagraj HS, Mattson DE, Erve PR, Rudman IW |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society [J Am Geriatr Soc] 1986 Jun; Vol. 34 (6), pp. 427-30. |
| DOI: |
10.1111/j.1532-5415.1986.tb03409.x |
| Abstrakt: |
Plasma somatomedin C (SmC) concentration was compared in three groups of men: 58 healthy independent men aged 26 to 45 years; 28 independent men aged 52 to 87 years; and 50 male nursing home residents aged 51 to 95 years. Somatomedin C (mean +/- SE) was 0.73 +/- .04 U/mL, 0.41 +/- .03 U/mL, and 0.33 +/- .03 U/mL in these three groups, respectively (P less than .05 for the differences between all three groups). Somatomedin C less than 0.25 U/mL, a range consistent with severe growth hormone deficiency in children, occurred in 0% of the independent younger men, in 15% of the independent elderly, and in 37% of the nursing home men. Somatomedin C was inversely correlated with age in the independent elderly, but the excess of hyposomatomedinemia in the nursing home men was not explained by age. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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