Serum levels of insulin-like growth factor in subjects with osteoarthritis of the knee. Data from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the relationship between serum levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee.


METHODS
Serum IGF-1 levels were compared in 162 male and 101 female subjects age > or = 20 stratified by presence of radiographic changes of OA of the knee.


RESULTS
Mean serum IGF-1 levels were significantly lower in subjects with knee OA; however, after adjustment for age-related changes in IGF-1 levels, these differences were no longer significant.


CONCLUSIONS
These data fail to support the hypothesis that serum IGF-1 levels are reduced in subjects with OA of the knee independent of the known age-related changes in these levels.
Hochberg
M C
MC
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
Lethbridge-Cejku
M
M
Scott
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WW
Reichle
R
R
Plato
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CC
Tobin
J D
JD
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000032:analysis*; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000097:blood* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I