Claims for the anabolic effects of growth hormone: a case of the Emperor’s new clothes?

M J Rennie

doi:10.1136/bjsm.37.2.100

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Mar 2003	131	73	22
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Jul 2003	131	278	38
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Oct 2004	99	164	49
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Nov 2007	98	34	25
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Aug 2016	64	243	11
Sep 2016	113	294	11
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Nov 2016	77	244	23
Dec 2016	77	438	148
Jan 2017	134	293	98
Feb 2017	38	203	10
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Apr 2017	39	244	14
May 2017	25	278	19
Jun 2017	56	195	19
Jul 2017	108	93	25
Aug 2017	158	138	30
Sep 2017	221	181	46
Oct 2017	689	652	58
Nov 2017	400	346	82
Dec 2017	214	189	66
Jan 2018	191	173	66
Feb 2018	230	169	61
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Apr 2018	576	538	65
May 2018	432	416	73
Jun 2018	192	174	49
Jul 2018	180	156	66
Aug 2018	353	321	99
Sep 2018	338	332	69
Oct 2018	322	310	96
Nov 2018	370	344	90
Dec 2018	450	434	115
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Jul 2020	239	234	70
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Jul 2021	140	139	20
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Jul 2023	368	358	26
Aug 2023	298	282	32
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Nov 2023	321	310	22
Dec 2023	580	59	5
Jan 2024	313	5	1
Feb 2024	272	4	6
Mar 2024	348	6	1
Total	45181	58934	13614

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