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ArticleEndocrine connections2018

The metabolic outcomes of growth hormone treatment in children are gender specific.

Alessandro Ciresi, Stefano Radellini, Valentina Guarnotta, Maria Grazia Mineo, Carla Giordano

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Article in Endocrine connections, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alessandro CiresiSection of EndocrinologyBiomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine (DIBIMIS), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Stefano RadelliniSection of EndocrinologyBiomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine (DIBIMIS), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Valentina GuarnottaSection of EndocrinologyBiomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine (DIBIMIS), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Maria Grazia MineoSection of EndocrinologyBiomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine (DIBIMIS), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Carla GiordanoSection of EndocrinologyBiomedical Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine (DIBIMIS), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy carla.giordano@unipa.it.
University of Palermo · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the impact of gender on the clinical and metabolic parameters in prepubertal growth hormone deficiency (GHD) children at diagnosis and during GH treatment (GHT).

designThe data of 105 prepubertal children (61 males, 44 females, mean age 6.8 ± 0.7 years) affected by idiopathic GHD were retrospectively evaluated.

methodsBody height, BMI, waist circumference (WC), IGF-I, HbA1c, lipid profile, fasting and after-OGTT glucose and insulin levels, insulin sensitivity and secretion indices were evaluated at baseline and after 24 months of GHT.

resultsAt baseline, no significant difference was found in all clinical, hormonal and metabolic parameters between males and females. After 24 months of GHT, both males and females showed a significant increase in height (both

conclusionsTwenty-four months of GHT in prepubertal children leads to different metabolic outcomes according to gender, with a greater reduction in insulin sensitivity in females, regardless of auxological and hormonal parameters. Therefore, prepubertal GHD females should probably need a more proper monitoring in clinical practice.

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childrengendergrowth hormoneinsulin sensitivitymetabolism

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