Growth hormone as a risk for premature mortality in healthy subjects: data from the Paris prospective study.

Colin Baigent and Rory Collins commented helpfully on this paper; Eric Brunner (Whitehall-2 study), Paul Moayyedi (Leeds angiographic study), Steffen J Rosenstock (Glostrup population study), and Mark Woodward (Glasgow MONICA-3 study) provided unpublished numerical details from their studies. Contributors: JD initiated and performed the study, drafted the manuscript, and is guarantor for the study. RP helped interpret the data and draft the manuscript. Funding: JD was supported by a Rhodes scholarship and a Frohlich award. Conflict of interest: None.