title: Comparison of urinary growth hormone and IGF-I excretion in small- and appropriate-for-gestational-age infants and healthy children.
abstract: The output of urinary growth hormone (GH) and IGF-I were quantitated by RIA in 12-h urine collections obtained from infants who were preterm, small for gestational age (PT-SGA, n = 13); preterm, appropriate for gestational age (PT-AGA, n = 27); full term, small for gestational age (FT-SGA, n = 13); and full term, appropriate for gestational age (FT-AGA, n = 29); and from normal children (n = 33). The amounts of GH and IGF-I (mean +/- SEM) excreted by the PT-SGA and FT-SGA infants were not significantly lower than those excreted by the PT-AGA and FT-AGA groups, respectively [GH (micrograms/kg): PT-SGA 13.7 +/- 3.1 versus PT-AGA 14.0 +/- 2.2, FT-SGA 7.8 +/- 2.4 versus FT-AGA 6.6 +/- 1.8; IGF-I (nmol/kg): PT-SGA 0.52 +/- 0.09 versus PT-AGA 0.53 +/- 0.04, FT-SGA 0.31 +/- 0.05 versus FT-AGA 0.35 +/- 0.04]. All infant groups exhibited significantly greater outputs of urinary GH and IGF-I compared with the children (p less than 0.01). The plasma concentrations of GH in all infant groups were high, whereas the plasma IGF-I levels were low. Microalbumin and beta-2 microglobulin excretion did not correlate with urinary GH and IGF-I output. Despite the higher microalbumin output in FT babies, urinary GH and IGF-I excretion was lower in these groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo 14222.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Quattrin
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Albini
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: MacGillivray
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000652:urine*; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age / Q000652:urine*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000652:urine*; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D013006:Growth Hormone