Evaluation of insulin-like growth factor-1 in apparently healthy infants and prepubertal Egyptian children with different nutritional statuses
Among studied infants and prepubertal children, serum IGF-1 was significantly higher in girls than boys and was considerably lower in children with overweight or obesity. Breastfeeding showed no association with IGF-1 levels.
Authors
- Karima Nasraldin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5927-2057)
- Nashwa Adel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2799-8467)
- Hanan M. Fouad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8984-1655)
- Dalia Ghareeb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6142-8321)
- Amal Ahmed Mohamed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2014-2239)
- Mohamed Abdulhay
- Iman Khalifa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0539-6185)
- Ghada Maher Thabet
- Randa Ibrahim
- Ingy Maher El-Hefny
- Marwa S. Abd El-raouf
- Naglaa Elsalway
Institutions
- Suez University (EG)
- Cairo University (EG)
- Benha University (EG)
- National Water Research Center (EG)
- Helwan University (EG)
- October University of Modern Sciences and Arts (EG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pediatrics
- Published
- 2024-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-024-05118-x
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.36
Funders
- Helwan University