title: Study of insulin-like growth factor I in human obesity.
abstract: In obesity there is a decrease in basal and stimulated GH secretion. IGF-I, which has negative feedback effects on GH secretion, could be the initial mediator of such alterations. We studied IGF-I levels in obese subjects and their relationship to the obesity level and GH secretion. We determined plasma IGF-I, basal and stimulated GH in 30 normal and 30 obese women and related these variables to obesity indices (body mass index, BMI, and % overweight). Baseline plasma GH values were 1.2 +/- 0.3 and 2.3 +/- 0.6 micrograms/l in obese subjects and controls, respectively (NS). Mean peak GH secretion after stimuli were 11.2 +/- 1.4 and 34.4 +/- 5.6 micrograms/l in obese subjects and controls, respectively (p less than 0.001). Plasma IGF-I were 1.0 +/- 0.1 U/ml and 0.7 +/- 0.1 U/l in obese subjects and controls, respectively (NS). There was a significant negative correlation between plasma IGF-I and age (r = -0.55, p less than 0.001) and a significant negative correlation between mean peak GH secretion and weight (r = -0.60, p less than 0.001), BMI (r = -0.64, p less than 0.001) and percentage of ideal body weight (r = -0.67, p less than 0.001). We did not find any correlation between IGF-I and indices of overweight. These data suggest that the reduced GH secretion found in obesity is not related to a negative feedback inhibition by elevated levels of IGF-I and that adiposity is not associated with a decline in IGF-I levels. We confirm the existence of a negative correlation between GH secretion and obesity indices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Santiago University, Spain.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cordido
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Casanueva
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dieguez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I