Insulin resistance and adiponectin levels are associated with height catch-up growth in pre-pubertal Chinese individuals born small for gestational age

Table 3 Laboratory profile of SGA and AGA children at investigation

	SGA-I with catch-up growth	SGA-II with catch-up growth	SGA-I without catch-up growth	SGA-II without catch-up growth	AGA
	n=40	n=16	n=37	n=18	n=52
Fasting glucose(mmol/L)	4.55±0.13	4.68±0.14	4.33±0.16	4.66±0.18	4.73±0.07
Fasting insulin(uU/mL)	11.25±3.41^{* #▲}	5.10±0.64	3.94±0.67	3.10±0.66	5.39±0.40
HOMA-IR	2.30±0.71^{* #▲}	1.04±0.11	0.81±0.15	0.65±0.14	1.15±0.09
Triglyceride(mmol/L)	0.96±0.13	1.03±0.18	1.10±0.12	0.85±0.14	0.86±0.04
Adiponectin(ug/mL)	0.07±0.01	0.09±0.02	0.09±0.01	0.15±0.07^{* #▲}	0.09±0.01
IGFBP-1(ng/mL)	111.08±8.75	103.85±15.25	90.18±12.74	123.44±21.15	106.54±11.96
IGF-1(ng/mL)	215.47±19.99	206.56±37.77	126.56±16.35^#▲	171.11±31.32	175.53±13.69

*P<0.05 SGA-I or SGA-II vs AGA; ^#P<0.05 SGA-I vs SGA-II; ^#▲P<0.05 SGA-I with catch-up growth vs SGA-I without catch-up growth; SGA-II with catch-up growth vs SGA-II without catch-up growth.
AGA: Appropriate for gestational age; SGA: Small for gestational age; HOMA: Homeostasis assessment model; IR: Insulin resistance; IGF-1: Insulin-like growth factor-1; IGFBP-1: Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1.

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