Epidemiological study on the hydroxyproline: creatinine ratio as an index of growth rate.
A number of studies has suggested that urinary hydroxyproline can be used as an index of collagen metabolism and urinary hydroxyproline excretion is closely related to growth hormone. This report is a cohort study to demonstrate the relationship between the urinary hydroxyproline: creatinine ratio and growth rate for four years. The pattern of increased urinary hydroxyproline: creatinine ratio in adolescence appeared to be closely ralated to the general pattern of growth rate measured in school children. In has been shown that the urinary hydroxyproline: creatinine ratio is the most suitable index of the growth rate.
D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D006909:Hydroxyproline / Q000652:urine*; D008297:Male
D003404:Creatinine; D006909:Hydroxyproline