Association between Growth Differentiation Factor-15 and Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases in Patients with Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency.

Xun Wu Yunting Wang Zi-Yu Ren Linman Li Wenjie Qian Yue Chen Wei Ren

Published in: International journal of endocrinology (2021)

Elevated GDF-15 levels were significantly associated with cardiovascular risk factors and can be considered as a predictive biomarker of cardiovascular risk in AGHD patients.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular risk factors
cardiovascular disease
growth hormone
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
replacement therapy