title: [The correlation between blood concentrations of somatomedin C and the auxological characteristics in short-stature subjects].
abstract: In this study the authors evaluated the correlation between plasma somatomedin C (SmC) levels and auxological features in 129 short children, who have been subdivided into four groups: classical growth hormone (GH) deficiency (14 prepubertal subjects), normal responses to provocative stimuli tests, but diminished spontaneous GH secretion (40 prepubertal subjects), normal responses to provocative stimuli tests and normal spontaneous GH secretion (45 prepubertal subjects and 30 subjects at stage G2/B2-Ph2 of puberty). The following correlations with SmC are resulted, when all the subjects were considered: chronological age (r = 0.415, p = 0.0002), bone age (r = 0.557, p less than 0.0001), bone age/chronological age ratio (r = 0.493, p less than 0.0001), height SDs (r = 0.574, p less than 0.0001), height velocity SDs (r = 0.599, p less than 0.0001), but not weight variation % (r = -0.020, p: ns). In conclusion, the results of the study demonstrate a high correlation between SmC levels and auxological features, with the exception of weight.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Pediatria Preventiva e Sociale, Università di Pisa.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saggese
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cesaretti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cioni
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Giannessi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Spigno
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cinquanta
mesh_terms: D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood / Q000172:deficiency / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000032:analysis*; D007980:Levodopa; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D007980:Levodopa; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D013006:Growth Hormone
vernacular_title: Correlazione tra concentrazioni ematiche di somatomedina C e caratteristiche auxologiche in soggetti di bassa statura.