title: [Somatotropic hormone in the serum of diabetics].
abstract: The results from the studies on basic values of somatotropic hormone (STH) in 142 patients with diabetes mellitus are reported. No linear dependence was found between blood sugar and STH level in serum in the morning before meals. As compared with the subjects from a control group, STH in serum of diabetics without retinopathy, with retinopathy, with obesity and renal insufficiency resulting from nephropathy was increased with a statistical significance. STH values in serum of patients without microangiopathies were lower than those in patients with manifested retinopathy and higher than those in patients with obesity, the difference being not statistically significant. The serum level of somatotropic hormone in patients with manifested renal insufficiency was higher, with statistical significance, than that of patients without renal insufficiency.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000097:blood; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D013006:Growth Hormone
vernacular_title: Somatotropen khormon v seruma na diabetno bolni.