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The extent of carotid atherosclerosis in the acromegalic patients was not higher than that in non-acromegalic subjects, considering their atherosclerotic risk factors. Increased concentration of IGF-I might be involved in the lack of susceptibility to atherosclerosis in some acromegalic patients.
Otsuki et al. (Fri,) studied this question.