Insulin-like growth factor-1 levels are associated with high comorbidity of metabolic disorders in obese subjects; a Japanese single-center, retrospective-study

Abstract Insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) plays important roles in metabolic functions, especially in adulthood. Additionally, obese subjects are reportedly predisposed to having low absolute IGF-1 levels. However, the prevalence and clinical characteristics of obese subjects with low IGF-1 leve...

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Main Authors: Haremaru Kubo, Shojiro Sawada, Michihiro Satoh, Yoichiro Asai, Shinjiro Kodama, Toshihiro Sato, Seitaro Tomiyama, Junro Seike, Kei Takahashi, Keizo Kaneko, Junta Imai, Hideki Katagiri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23521-1