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Serum leptin decreases during growth hormone (hGH) treatment and pre-treatment values have been suggested as a predictor of the response to hGH in GH deficiency (GHD) but not in non-GHD syndromes. To investigate whether this holds true in children with chronic renal failure (CRF), we evaluated changes in serum leptin, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and height beforeb and during the 1st year (3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months) of hGH treatment (1 IU/kg per week) in 11 children (median ageb 10.1 years, mean heightb –2.9 SDS) with CRF. Serum leptin and IGF-I were compared with values from healthy children. Each patient also served as his/her own control, with values during treatment compared with those before treatment. Growth improved in all patients during treatment (mean change12m +7.2 cm, change in height SDS12m +0.5, P=0.001). Weight decreased (median decrease12m 0.3 SDS, P=0.02) but body mass index (BMI) and serum leptin did not change during treatment. Serum IGF-I levels were low before (mean –1.1 SDS) but increased during hGH treatment, the increment being greatest at 10 days (mean increment +1.9 SDS, P<0.0001). Serum leptinb did not correlate with change in serum IGF-I10d, height12m or weight12m. Serum IGF-I SDSb correlated with height SDS at 12 months (r=0.80, P=0.006) of hGH treatment. Serum leptinb correlated with BMI (r s=0.75, P=0.01). Levels adjusted for BMI did not differ from values in healthy children and did not change during treatment. Despite an IGF-I and growth response during hGH treatment, serum leptin did not change and pre-treatment values did not predict the growth response in these children with CRF.
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Patel, L., Webb, N.J., Bradbury, M.G. et al. Serum leptin and IGF-I during growth hormone treatment in chronic renal failure. Pediatr Nephrol 17, 643–647 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-002-0883-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-002-0883-5