title: Association between serum growth hormone levels and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a cross-sectional study.
abstract: Growth hormone (GH) is an important regulator of metabolism and body composition. GH deficiency is associated with increased visceral body fat and other features of the metabolic syndrome. Here we performed a cross-sectional study to explore the association of GH levels with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is considered to be the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome. A total of 1,667 subjects were diagnosed as NAFLD according the diagnostic criteria, and 5,479 subjects were defined as the controls. The subjects with NAFLD had significantly lower levels of serum GH than the controls. Those with low GH levels had a higher prevalence of NAFLD and the metabolic syndrome. A stepwise logistic regression analysis showed that GH levels were significantly associated with the risk factor for NAFLD (OR = 0.651, 95%CI = 0.574-0.738, P<0.001). Our results showed a significant association between lower serum GH levels and NAFLD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Ningbo No. 1 Hospital, Ningbo, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Chengfu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Chaohui
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.forename: Xuequn
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhongwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Xiaoyun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Youming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D065626:Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D019382:Human Growth Hormone