Modeling the influence of growth hormone on lipolysis.

What Was Tested

This randomized controlled trial looks at Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over).

Lipolysis (the breakdown of fat) is generally estimated using stable isotopes, where the rate of appearance (Ra) of glycerol is calculated using Steele's equations.

These equations are based on single-compartment differential equations for tracer and tracee where rate of change is approximated by the change in concentration from one time point to the next.

How the Study Was Run

In design terms this was a randomized, double-blind and crossover study.

Because people in this Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) study were split into groups at random, differences between the groups are less likely to reflect who happened to join each one.

Neither the participants nor the staff measuring them knew who was on Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over), so expectations could not easily colour the readings.

In the crossover set-up each of the participants took both Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) and the comparison in turn, acting as their own control.

What Was Measured

The subject headings attached to it are Glycerol, Growth Hormone, Lipolysis, Models, Biological and Obesity.

What This Means in Plain Language

The paper is a randomized, double-blind and crossover study of Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over).

The publication is from 2002 (Journal of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics), a journal based in United States.

More context: the Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) compound page, all human trials.