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Figure 3

From: Different thresholds of tissue-specific dose-responses to growth hormone in short prepubertal children

Figure 3

The threshold staircase hypothesis. The “threshold hypothesis” is presented in accordance with results from the present study as a staircase of growth hormone (GH) dose needed for an effect (no scaling). Dose–response thresholds for metabolic markers represent different metabolically active tissues or metabolic functions compared with the longitudinal growth response. LVDd: Left ventricular diameter in diastole, ALP: alkaline phosphatase, LST: lean soft tissue, IGF-I: insulin-like growth factor I. Variables are given as change (Δ) between start and at 2 years of GH treatment. The light-grey boxes mark the 90% confidence interval (CI).

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