Author/Authors :
Bleumink، نويسنده , , Gysèle S and Rietveld، نويسنده , , Ingrid and Janssen، نويسنده , , Joop A.M..J.L and van Rossum، نويسنده , , Elisabeth F.C and Deckers، نويسنده , , Jaap W. and Hofman، نويسنده , , Albert and Witteman، نويسنده , , Jacqueline C.M and van Duijn، نويسنده , , Cornelia M and Stricker، نويسنده , , Bruno H.Ch، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We studied 4,963 participants of the population-based Rotterdam Study and found that a genetically determined chronic exposure to low insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) levels is associated with an increased risk for heart failure in elderly patients.
