title: Correlation between the level of serum growth hormone; somatomedin-C; anthropometric measurements and the liver functions in chronic liver diseases.
abstract: Twenty patients with bilharzial periportal fibrosis (group I); 20 patients with post hepatitic cirrhosis (group II) and 20 normal controls were chosen to study the correlation between the serum level of human growth hormone (GH) and Somatomedin-C (Sm-C); and the anthropometric measurements; liver function tests and various haematological parameters. Group I showed no statistically significant difference in the mean values of serum GH before and after insulin induced hypoglycemia. The basal serum level of Sm-C showed a statistically significant decrease and highly significant decrease after insulin test. A statistically significant positive correlation was evident between the individual values of serum level of GH and Sm-C and the anthropometric measurements, haematological values and liver function tests (r = 0.41). The mean serum level of GH in group 2, showed statistically significant increase before and after insulin test. The mean serum level of Sm-C showed a statistically significant decrease before and after insulin test. A statistically significant negative correlation was found between the individual values of the serum level of GH and Sm-C and the anthropometric measurements, haematological values and liver function tests (r = 0.16).
authors.affiliation: Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar, Egypt.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: el-Hawy
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Seif el-Nasr
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mahgoub
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mostafa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000032:analysis*; D008099:Liver / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D013006:Growth Hormone