Reference ranges for serum insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) in healthy Chinese adults.

To determine serum insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-I) levels in healthy Chinese adults, establish reference ranges for serum IGF-I levels and observe the effects of age, sex, body mass index (BMI) and geographical region on serum IGF-I levels.In total, 2791 healthy adults (1339 males and 1452 fema...

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Main Authors: Huijuan Zhu, Yuan Xu, Fengying Gong, Guangliang Shan, Hongbo Yang, Ke Xu, Dianxi Zhang, Xinqi Cheng, Zhihao Zhang, Shi Chen, Linjie Wang, Hui Pan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5627923?pdf=render