title: Corticosteroid-binding globulin in preterm infants in an intensive care unit.
abstract: Blood concentration of corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) was measured in 85 preterm (24-36 weeks of gestational age) infants over the first 6 weeks of postnatal life. CBG concentrations directly correlated to gestational age and postnatal age in the first week of life. There was a significant increase in CBG values over the first 6 weeks such that mean values at weeks 4 through 6 were significantly greater than values at weeks 1 and 2. Postnatal CBG values were significantly lower in infants who had pulmonary disease during week 1 (p = 0.001). In summary, CBG values were directly correlated to gestational and postnatal age, and negatively correlated to acute illness. We speculate that the lower CBG values with lung disease may reflect an ongoing inflammatory response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of New Mexico, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque 87123-5311, USA.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wells
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000097:blood; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000097:blood*; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014156:Transcortin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014156:Transcortin