title: Comparative study of serum insulin, glucose, growth hormone and cortisol of students at 794.7 mm Hg (Dead Sea level) and 697.5 mm Hg (Amman) barometric pressures.
abstract: Serum insulin, glucose, growth hormone and cortisol levels were measured in high school students living at Dead Sea level (390 m below sea level) and Amman (766 m above sea level) with 794.7 mm Hg and 697.5 mm Hg barometric pressures, respectively. A total of 54 and 50 healthy male subjects of age 17-19 years, having almost identical economic and nutritional status were studied. We found that serum insulin and growth hormone levels were significantly higher; whereas serum glucose and cortisol levels were significantly lower (p less than 0.05) for subjects at Dead Sea level than those at Amman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khraisha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000097:blood*; D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000097:blood*; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D007597:Jordan; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D013006:Growth Hormone; D006854:Hydrocortisone