Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Although the decline in sex steroid levels, particularly estradiol, may be largely responsible for age-related bone loss and osteoporotic fractures in older women, the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system may also play a key role. This study aimed at evaluating the relation between the secretory status of growth hormone (GH) with the bone mineral content (BMC) in postmenopausal women.Methods and materials: In a descriptive cross-sectional ...