Aging is the main risk factor for vascular disease and ensuing cardiovascular and
cerebrovascular events, the leading causes of death worldwide. In a progressively aging …

Vascular aging represents a collection of structural and functional changes in a blood vessel
with advancing age, including increased stiffness, vascular wall remodeling, loss of …

Adult growth hormone deficiency (AGHD) is considered a rare endocrine disorder involving
patients with childhood-onset and adult-onset growth hormone deficiency (AoGHD) and …

Increasing evidence suggests that risk for age-related disease and longevity can be
programmed early in life. In human populations, convincing evidence has been …

Accelerated biological aging contributes to the evolution of cardiovascular disease.
However, its influence on subclinical organ damage remains unclear. Leukocyte telomere …

Obesity and relative leucocyte telomere length (RTL) are both linked to accelerated aging
and premature mortality. We examined if nuchal subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) …

The field of ageing research has been rapidly advancing in recent decades and it had
provided insight into the complexity of ageing phenomenon. However, as the organism …

Despite the important role that the growth hormone (GH)/IGF-I axis plays in vascular
homeostasis, these kind of growth factors barely appear in articles addressing the …

Objectives We assessed differences in risk profile and 3-year outcome between patients
undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for premature and non-premature …

Objective. Patients with adult growth hormone deficiency (AGHD) confer a heightened risk of
cardiovascular disease and increased mortality because of metabolic disorders. Growth …