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Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 is associated with the presence and extent of coronary arteriosclerosis.

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol

April 2000

Institut fur Arterioskleroseforschung an der Universitat Munster (S.S.-L., H.S., G.B., G.A., A.v.E.), the Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik C (Kardiologie, Angiologie) (G.M., A.E., G.B., S.K.), the Institut fur Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriu.

Aging is associated with the progression of arteriosclerosis and the decline of several endocrine functions. We therefore investigated the association of coronary arteriosclerosis with hormones, the serum concentrations of which change during aging. Coronary angiograms of 189 men <70 years old were evaluated by 3 semiquantitative score systems to estimate the extent of focal and diffuse vessel wall alterations.

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