1. Twenty-four-hour serum growth hormone levels in maturity-onset diabetics.
- Author
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Kjeldsen H, Hansen AP, and Lundbaek K
- Subjects
- Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Blood Glucose metabolism, Diet, Humans, Insulin blood, Male, Middle Aged, Sleep, Diabetes Mellitus blood, Growth Hormone blood, Obesity
- Abstract
Serum growth hormone, glucose, and insulin were studied every half hour during a twenty-four-hour period of "daily life" in four groups of subjects: nonobese normal subjects, obese normal subjects, nonobese maturity-onset diabetics, and obese maturity-onset diabetics. It was found that (1) serum growth horomone was uniformly low without meal- and sleep-related peaks in obese normals and diabetics. The twenty-four-hour serum growth hormone level was significantly higher in nonobese subjects than in obese subjects, in both diabetics and normals; (2) the twenty-four-hour serum growth hormone level was more fluctuating and significantly higher in nonobese diabetics than in nonobese normals; (3) there was no difference in the twenty-four-hour serum growth hormone level between obese diabetics and obese normals.
- Published
- 1975
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