Objective (i) To analyse the predictors of GH suppression after standard glucose load (oGTT) in the healthy population and (ii) to establish the 97th percentile of GH nadir post-oGTT according to these variables. Design Analytical, retrospective. Measurements GH nadir after oGTT. Subjects Two hundred and thirty-one healthy subjects (113 women, 118 men 15-80 years) were studied. Results The GH nadir after glucose load ranged from 0·01 (<assay detection limit) to 0·65 μg/l was higher in women and was inversely correlated with age, BMI, waist circumference, waist/hip, total cholesterol, triglycerides, basal and maximal glucose and basal insulin levels and directly correlated with basal GH levels, IGF-I SDS and HDL-cholesterol (P values ranging 0·004-<0·0001). On multistep regression analysis, the best predictors of nadir GH levels were waist circumference (t = -9·64, P < 0·0001), gender (t = -3·86, P = 0·0001) and age (t = -3·63, P = 0·0003). The results of comparative analysis among subjects grouped according to these variable showed different results in GH nadir in premenopausal women with waist circumference ≤88 cm (97th percentile 0·65 μg/l), in premenopausal women with waist circumference ≤88 cm and in men of any age with waist circumference ≤102 cm (97th percentile 0·33 μg/l) and in subjects of either gender and any age with waist circumference >88 cm in women and 102 cm in men (97th percentile 0·16 μg/l). Conclusions The results of this study show that GH nadir after oGTT should be analysed according to gender, menopausal status and waist circumference. The GH cut-off should be limited to the assay used.
Growth hormone nadir during oral glucose load depends on waist circumference, gender and age: normative data in 231 healthy subjects / Colao, Annamaria; Pivonello, Rosario; Auriemma, RENATA SIMONA; Grasso, LUDOVICA FRANCESCA STELLA; Galdiero, Mariano; Pivonello, Claudia; Lombardi, Gaetano; Savastano, Silvia. - In: CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY. - ISSN 0300-0664. - 74:(2011), pp. 234-240. [10.1111/j.1365-2265.2010.03896.x]
Growth hormone nadir during oral glucose load depends on waist circumference, gender and age: normative data in 231 healthy subjects.
COLAO, ANNAMARIA;PIVONELLO, ROSARIO;AURIEMMA, RENATA SIMONA;GRASSO, LUDOVICA FRANCESCA STELLA;GALDIERO, MARIANO;PIVONELLO, CLAUDIA;LOMBARDI, GAETANO;SAVASTANO, SILVIA
2011
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Objective (i) To analyse the predictors of GH suppression after standard glucose load (oGTT) in the healthy population and (ii) to establish the 97th percentile of GH nadir post-oGTT according to these variables. Design Analytical, retrospective. Measurements GH nadir after oGTT. Subjects Two hundred and thirty-one healthy subjects (113 women, 118 men 15-80 years) were studied. Results The GH nadir after glucose load ranged from 0·01 (File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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