TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship between age, percentage body fat, fitness, and 24-hour growth hormone release in healthy young adults
T2 - Effects of gender
AU - Weltman, A.
AU - Weltman, J. Y.
AU - Hartman, M. L.
AU - Abbott, R. D.
AU - Rogol, A. D.
AU - Evans, W. S.
AU - Veldhuis, J. D.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1994/3
Y1 - 1994/3
N2 - We investigated whether gender affects the physiological relationships between the release of GH and age, body composition, and levels of physical fitness in humans. We studied 32 eumenorrheic females (age = 31 ± 5 yr) and 12 males (age = 27 ± 5 yr). Significant gender differences were found for peak oxygen consumption [VO2 peak = 40.5 ± 6.9 (females) vs. 50.1 ± 11.6 (males) ml/kg · min-1, P < 0.05] and body composition [hydrostatic weighing, percentage body fat = 28.7 ± 5.4 (females) vs. 18.1 ± 9.8 (males), P < 0.05] but not for body mass index [BMI = 23.7 ± 3.1 (females) vs. 24.0 ± 3.3 (males)]. Blood samples were drawn every 10 min for 24 h from 0800 h to determine integrated serum GH concentration [2350 ± 1260 (females) vs. 3110 ± 1760 (males) μg/L x min]; females were studied during the early follicular phase (days 4-5) of the menstrual cycle. In females, a significant relationship existed between 24-h integrated serum GH concentration and age (r = -0.35, P = 0.05) but not BMI (r = -0.19, P = 0.29); the relationships between 24-h integrated serum GH concentration and VO2 peak (r = 0.31, P = 0.08) and percentage body fat (r = 0.29, P = 0.11) approached significance. In males, significant relationships existed between 24-h integrated serum GH concentration and age (r = -0.79, P = 0.002), percentage body fat (r = - 0.75, P = 0.005), and VO2 peak (r = 0.58, P = 0.05) but not between 24-h integrated serum GH concentration and BMI (r = -0.53, P = 0.08). Standardized regression coefficients revealed that for each SD change in age, BMI, percentage body fat, or VO2 peak the associated change in 24-h integrated serum GH concentration was 1.9-2.6 times greater in males than in females. We conclude that age, percentage body fat (but not BMI), and fitness are related to 24-h GH release in young adults and that these relationships are considerably stronger in males than females.
AB - We investigated whether gender affects the physiological relationships between the release of GH and age, body composition, and levels of physical fitness in humans. We studied 32 eumenorrheic females (age = 31 ± 5 yr) and 12 males (age = 27 ± 5 yr). Significant gender differences were found for peak oxygen consumption [VO2 peak = 40.5 ± 6.9 (females) vs. 50.1 ± 11.6 (males) ml/kg · min-1, P < 0.05] and body composition [hydrostatic weighing, percentage body fat = 28.7 ± 5.4 (females) vs. 18.1 ± 9.8 (males), P < 0.05] but not for body mass index [BMI = 23.7 ± 3.1 (females) vs. 24.0 ± 3.3 (males)]. Blood samples were drawn every 10 min for 24 h from 0800 h to determine integrated serum GH concentration [2350 ± 1260 (females) vs. 3110 ± 1760 (males) μg/L x min]; females were studied during the early follicular phase (days 4-5) of the menstrual cycle. In females, a significant relationship existed between 24-h integrated serum GH concentration and age (r = -0.35, P = 0.05) but not BMI (r = -0.19, P = 0.29); the relationships between 24-h integrated serum GH concentration and VO2 peak (r = 0.31, P = 0.08) and percentage body fat (r = 0.29, P = 0.11) approached significance. In males, significant relationships existed between 24-h integrated serum GH concentration and age (r = -0.79, P = 0.002), percentage body fat (r = - 0.75, P = 0.005), and VO2 peak (r = 0.58, P = 0.05) but not between 24-h integrated serum GH concentration and BMI (r = -0.53, P = 0.08). Standardized regression coefficients revealed that for each SD change in age, BMI, percentage body fat, or VO2 peak the associated change in 24-h integrated serum GH concentration was 1.9-2.6 times greater in males than in females. We conclude that age, percentage body fat (but not BMI), and fitness are related to 24-h GH release in young adults and that these relationships are considerably stronger in males than females.
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U2 - 10.1210/jc.78.3.543
DO - 10.1210/jc.78.3.543
M3 - Article
C2 - 8126124
AN - SCOPUS:0028349307
SN - 0021-972X
VL - 78
SP - 543
EP - 548
JO - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
JF - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
IS - 3
ER -