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

Table 3

Correlation between the ALT and GH peak level by a univariate analysis.

Variables	β (95%CI)	P value
Age	0.36 (0.19, 0.54)	<0.001
BMI	0.59 (0.38, 0.81)	<0.001
SBP	0.12 (0.07, 0.17)	<0.001
DBP	0.12 (0.05, 0.19)	<0.001
TC	0.26 (-0.63, 1.15)	0.573
TG	2.03 (0.09, 3.97)	0.041
HDL-c	-0.04 (-0.14, 0.07)	0.466
LDL-c	0.07 (-0.49, 0.63)	0.804
FPG	0.36 (0.51, 1.23)	0.414
Cr	0.02 (-0.02, 0.06)	0.416
UA	0.01 (0.00, 0.02)	0.008
GH peak	-0.12 (-0.22, -0.02)	0.023
IGF-1	0.00 (0.00, 0.01)	0.024

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.