20
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
1 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: found

      Extreme Short Stature after Intrauterine Growth Retardation: Factors Associated with Lack of Catch-Up Growth

      research-article

      Read this article at

      ScienceOpenPublisherPubMed
      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          The factors associated with lack of catch-up growth after intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) are unknown. Objective: To identify these factors by analyzing the clinical features and growth hormone (GH)-insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) axis. Methods: 95 patients with height <–3 SD after IUGR were assigned to group 1 without (n = 50) or group 2 with (n = 45) malformations. Twenty-one in group 1 and 19 in group 2 were treated with GH. Results: They were seen at 5.3 ± 0.5 and 4 ± 0.5 year (p = 0.02) with heights at –3.4 ± 0.1 and –3.9 ± 0.2 SD (p = 0.03). Group 1 differed from group 2 in having a lower frequency of consanguinity (2 vs. 28.9%, p < 0.001), and higher frequencies of target heights (26.5 vs. 6.7%, p = 0.02) and mothers’ heights (34.7 vs. 8.9%, p < 0.01) <–2 SD, multiparity (26 vs. 8.9%, p < 0.05), prematurity (36 vs. 15.5%, p < 0.05) and cesarean section birth (42 vs. 17.8%, p = 0.01). The GH-IGF-I axis data and the height increases after 3 years of GH treatment (1.6 ± 0.2 in group 1 and 1.1 ± 0.3 SD in group 2) were similar. Conclusion: The short height of the parents, particularly of the mother, is associated with factors limiting the catch-up growth after IUGR of children without malformations, while the high frequency of consanguinity in those with malformations suggests that transmitted fetal factors affect organogenesis or development.

          Related collections

          Most cited references3

          • Record: found
          • Abstract: not found
          • Article: not found

          Intrauterine growth retardation and postnatal growth failure associated with deletion of the insulin-like growth factor I gene.

            Bookmark
            • Record: found
            • Abstract: found
            • Article: found

            Children Born Small-for-Gestational Age: Postnatal Growth and Hormonal Status

            It is generally recognized that children born small-for-gestational age (SGA) have a 5–7 times higher risk of short stature than children born at normal size. It has been suggested that the programming of the endocrine axes occurs during critical phases of fetal development and is affected by intrauterine growth retardation. This study was undertaken to characterize the postnatal growth pattern and the final height of children born SGA, as part of a population- based study (n = 3,650), from birth to final height, and to evaluate the hormonal status in another group of prepubertal children born SGA (n = 134) without postnatal catch-up growth. The majority (88%) of ‘healthy’ full-term singleton SGA infants achieved catch-up growth during the first 2 years of life, and most of the increase in height occurred by 2 months of age. The SGA children who remained short at 2 years of age had a higher risk of short stature later in life. The risk of having a short final height (<–2 SDS) was five times higher for children with a low birth weight and seven times higher for those with a low birth length in comparison with children with a normal birth size. Moreover, about 20% of all children of short stature were born SGA. As a group, children born SGA will have a final height, expressed in SDS, as they had during the prepubertal years. This is in contrast to children, who became short postnatally. During puberty, these short children will have a mean height gain of 0.6 SDS for girls and 0.7 SDS for boys. The mean estimated secretion rate for growth hormone (GH) was lower in the short children born SGA compared with the reference groups born at an appropriate size for gestational age, of either short (p < 0.05) or normal stature (p < 0.001). Moreover, in the youngest children born SGA (2–6 years of age) a different pattern of GH secretion was found, with a high basal GH level, low peak amplitude, and high peak frequency. The majority of the children born SGA had levels of GH-binding protein within the range previously reported for normal children. However, the levels of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) and leptin were significantly reduced compared with the reference values (p < 0.001, p < 0.01 and p < 0.001, respectively). In conclusion, the low spontaneous GH secretion rate and a disturbed GH secretion pattern, together with low serum levels of IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and leptin, might contribute to the reduced postnatal growth in some of the subgroup of children born SGA who remained short during childhood.
              Bookmark
              • Record: found
              • Abstract: not found
              • Article: not found

              Clinical review 68: The endocrine regulation of fetal growth in late gestation: the role of insulin-like growth factors

                Bookmark

                Author and article information

                Journal
                HRE
                Horm Res Paediatr
                10.1159/issn.1663-2818
                Hormone Research in Paediatrics
                S. Karger AG
                1663-2818
                1663-2826
                2004
                March 2004
                02 March 2004
                : 61
                : 1
                : 33-40
                Affiliations
                aUniversité René-Descartes and Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph, Paris; bPhysiology Laboratory, Hôpital Necker-Enfants-Malades, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, and cPediatric Endocrinology Unit, Hôpital Necker-Enfants-Malades, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
                Article
                75195 Horm Res 2004;61:33–40
                10.1159/000075195
                14646400
                4aeafa33-a946-410f-bc3c-82a7246a3ab6
                © 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel

                Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages, reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, microcopying, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Drug Dosage: The authors and the publisher have exerted every effort to ensure that drug selection and dosage set forth in this text are in accord with current recommendations and practice at the time of publication. However, in view of ongoing research, changes in government regulations, and the constant flow of information relating to drug therapy and drug reactions, the reader is urged to check the package insert for each drug for any changes in indications and dosage and for added warnings and precautions. This is particularly important when the recommended agent is a new and/or infrequently employed drug. Disclaimer: The statements, opinions and data contained in this publication are solely those of the individual authors and contributors and not of the publishers and the editor(s). The appearance of advertisements or/and product references in the publication is not a warranty, endorsement, or approval of the products or services advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements.

                History
                : 20 June 2003
                : 10 September 2003
                Page count
                Figures: 1, Tables: 3, References: 26, Pages: 8
                Categories
                Original Paper

                Endocrinology & Diabetes,Neurology,Nutrition & Dietetics,Sexual medicine,Internal medicine,Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
                Malformation,Insulin-like growth factor,Intrauterine growth retardation,Short stature,Fetus,Growth hormone,Growth hormone treatment,Growth factor

                Comments

                Comment on this article