Cardiovascular outcomes and conventional risk factors in non-diabetic adult patients with GH deficiency: A long-term retrospective cohort study.

European Journal of Internal Medicine(2015)

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Abstract
•Increased cardiovascular (CV) risk has been reported in patients with GH deficiency.•The role for conventional CV risk factors has not been well established.•We investigated the association among the main CV risk factors and outcomes.•We confirm this association being as important as in the general population.•Treatment of GHD patients should be inclusive of CV risk factors.
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Cardiovascular risk,Growth hormone deficiency,Hypertension,Left ventricular function,Prognosis,Risk factors
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