Premature Mortality
Timely diagnosis, appropriate treatment including GHRT where indicated, and comprehensive support for associated risk factors are critical to mitigating mortality and other adverse outcomes. When competing risk of death was accounted for,…
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Timely diagnosis, appropriate treatment including GHRT where indicated, and comprehensive support for associated risk factors are critical to mitigating mortality and other adverse outcomes. When competing risk of death was accounted for, elevated risks for CVD, osteoporosis, depression, and unemployment in GHD remained statistically significant. Adult GHD is independently associated with increased all-cause mortality compared with well-matched population controls.