Carbohydrate metabolism in children receiving growth hormone for 5 years |
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Authors: | Paul Saenger Kenneth M. Attie Joan DiMartino-Nardi Richard N. Fine |
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Affiliation: | (1) Division of Pediatric Endocrinology Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, 10467 Bronx, New York, USA;(2) Department of Pediatrics, SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, USA;(3) Department of Medical Affairs, Genentech, South San Francisco, California, USA |
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Abstract: | Carbohydrate metabolism was evaluated by fasting and postprandial glucose, insulin, and hemoglobin (Hb)A1c levels in children with chronic renal insufficiency and various other growth disorders treated with growth hormone. Mean fasting and postprandial glucose remained unchanged throughout the 5-year study period in all four study groups. Median fasting insulin levels rose from lownormal levels into the normal range after 5 years of growth hormone. Average fasting insulin level after 5 years was 10 mU/l. Median postprandial insulin values also rose, yet remained within the normal range at the 5-year mark. Mean Hb A1c levels remained within low to middle end of the normal range in the patients with growth hormone deficiency, Turner syndrome, and idiopathic short stature. Mean Hb A1c levels at the 5 years were slightly elevated to 6.3% for the patients with chronic renal insufficiency. |
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Keywords: | Carbohydrate metabolism Chronic renal insufficiency Growth hormone |
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