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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Volume 97, Issue 12, Pages 4623-4630Publisher
ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-2329
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- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
- ALF/LUA Research Grant in Gothenburg
- Lundberg Foundation
- Torsten and Ragnar Soderberg's Foundation
- Novo Nordisk Foundation
- Magnus Bergvall Foundation
- Ake Wiberg Foundation
- Tore Nilson Foundation
- Swedish Society for Medical Research
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Background: Although recent population-based studies suggest a U-shaped relationship between serum IGF-I concentration and all-cause mortality, the distribution of death causes underlying this association remains unclear. We hypothesized that high IGF-I levels associate with increased cancer mortality, whereas low IGF-I levels associate with increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Methods: Serum IGF-I levels were measured in 2901 elderly men (mean age 75.4, range 69-81 yr) included in the prospective population-based Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study (Sweden) study. Mortality data were obtained from central registers with no loss of follow-up. The statistical analyses included Cox proportional hazards regressions with or without a spline approach. Results: During the follow-up (mean 6.0 yr), 586 of the participants died (cancer deaths, n = 211; CVD deaths, n = 214). As expected, our data revealed a U-shaped association between serum IGF-I levels and all-cause mortality. Low as well as high serum IGF-I (quintile 1 or 5 vs. quintiles 2-4) associated with increased cancer mortality [hazard ratio (HR) = 1.86, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.34-2.58; and HR = 1.90, 95% CI = 1.37-2.65, respectively]. Only low serum IGF-I associated with increased CVD mortality (quintile 1 vs. quintiles 2-4, HR = 1.48,95% CI = 1.08-2.04). These associations remained after adjustment for multiple covariates and exclusion of men who died during the first 2 yr of follow-up. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that both low and high serum IGF-I levels are risk markers for increased cancer mortality in older men. Moreover, low IGF-I levels associate with increased CVD mortality. (J Clin Endocrinol Metab 97: 4623-4630, 2012)
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