title: [Correlation between growth velocity and hematologic levels of somatomedin C during the treatment with growth hormones (GH) in subjects with "classic" and "non-classic" deficits of GH].
abstract: In this study the authors examined 14 subjects with "classic" growth hormone (GH) deficiency and 40 with "non classic" GH deficiency treated with GH for a period of 6-36 months. Height velocity (HV) and plasma Somatomedin C (SmC) levels have been evaluated every 6 months during GH therapy. Both HV and SmC significantly increased (p < 0.001) during GH therapy in comparison to pretreatment values, but without any difference between the two groups; furthermore no significant difference was present among each six-monthly value of SmC. During GH treatment the following correlations resulted between SmC and HV: at time 0, r = 0.494 (p = 0.0004); after 6 months, r = 0.779 (p < 0.0001); after 12 months, r = 0.660 (p = 0.0001); after 18 months, r = 0.657 (p = 0.0001); after 24 months, r = 0.593 (p = 0.0038); after 30 months, r = 0.550 (p = ns); after 36 months, r = 0.465 (p = ns). Furthermore, mean value of SmC (y) correlated with mean value of HV (x) during GH treatment: r = 0.697, p < 0.0001; regression equation: y = 242x + 576. Finally no correlation was present among six-monthly SmC values, including those pre-treatment, and HV values in each of following periods. In conclusion, during GH treatment in subjects with GH deficiency plasma SmC levels correlate with HV, but have not a predictive value of the growth response to GH treatment itself.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra di Pediatria Preventiva e Sociale, Università degli Studi di Pisa.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saggese
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cesaretti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cioni
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bracaloni
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Giannessi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cinquanta
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000172:deficiency*; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D013006:Growth Hormone; D013007:Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone
vernacular_title: Correlazione tra velocità di crescita e livelli ematici di somatomedina C durante il trattamento con ormone della crescita (GH) in soggetti con deficit "classico" e "non classico" di GH.