The Decreased Growth Hormone Response to Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone in Obesity Is Associated to Cardiometabolic Risk Factors

Table 3

Correlations between GH secretion or IGF-I and cardiovascular risk markers or aminotransferases levels.

	GH Peak		IGF-I
	$r$	$P$	$r$	$P$
Age (year)	$-0.543$	$.030$	$-0.486$	$.066$
BMI (kg/${\text{m}}^2$)	$-0.721$	$.022$	$-0.577$	$.024$
Mid-waist circumference (cm)	$-0.576$	$.020$	$-0.338$	$.218$
Waist/hip ratio	$-0.350$	$.184$	$-0.229$	$.411$
Total body fat ($\%$)	$-0.748$	$.001$	$-0.728$	$.002$
Trunk fat (c${\text{m}}^2$)	$-0.595$	$.019$	$-0.338$	$.218$
GH Peak			$0.599$	$.018$
IGF-I (ng/mL)	$\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}0.599$	$.018$
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	$-0.532$	$.034$	$-0.513$	$.051$
HDL (mg/dL)	$\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}0.561$	$.037$	$\mathrm{\hspace{0.17em}\hspace{0.17em}}0.568$	$.043$
LDL (mg/dL)	$-0.692$	$.006$	$-0.725$	$.005$
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	$-0.456$	$.076$	$-0.468$	$.078$
Fasting Insulin ($\mu$U/mL)	$-0.650$	$.012$	$-0.506$	$.078$
HOMA-IR	$-0.846$	$.001$	$-0.613$	$.034$
GOT (IU/L)	$-0.685$	$.020$	$-0.049$	$.894$
GPT (IU/L)	$-0.656$	$.011$	$-0.257$	$.397$
GGT (IU/L)	$-0.642$	$.018$	$-0.408$	$.188$