Association between Alanine Aminotransferase and Growth Hormone: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Short Children and Adolescents

Table 1

Basic characteristics of the subjects.

Variables	Total (n = 670)
Sex (Male, n, %)	472 (70.5)
Age (years)	10.2 ± 3.5
Height (cm)	125.6 ± 18.0
HT SDS	-2.67 ± 0.57
BMI (kg/m^2)	16.85 ± 2.81
SBP (mmHg)	104.4 ± 11.8
DBP (mmHg)	62.7 ± 8.9
TC (mmol/L)	3.83 ± 0.72
TG (mmol/L)	0.72 ± 0.33
HDL-c (mmol/L)	1.62 ± 6.18
LDL-c (mmol/L)	2.09 ± 1.14
FPG (mmol/L)	4.76 ± 0.69
Cr (mol/L)	39.33 ± 14.74
UA (mol/L)	262.64 ± 80.23
GH peak (ng/mL)	8.80 ± 6.17
IGF-1(ng/ml)	186.97 ± 147.99
ALT (U/L)	16.09 ± 8.20
Increased ALT (n, %)	60 (9.0)

HT SDS: the standard deviation score of height; BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglycerides; HDL-c: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-c: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; UA: uric acid; GH: growth hormone; IGF-1: insulin-like growth factor-1; ALT: alanine aminotransferase.