Twenty-Four Hour Growth Hormone and Leptin Secretion in Active Postpubertal Adolescent Girls: Impact of Fitness, Fatness, and Age at Menarche | Zendy

Joséphine Z. Kasa-Vubu | Zendy; Wenjing Ye | Zendy; Katarina T. Borer | Zendy; Am Rosenthal | Zendy; Teerin Meckmongkol | Zendy

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Twenty-Four Hour Growth Hormone and Leptin Secretion in Active Postpubertal Adolescent Girls: Impact of Fitness, Fatness, and Age at Menarche

Author(s) -

Joséphine Z. Kasa-Vubu,

Wenjing Ye,

Katarina T. Borer,

Am Rosenthal,

Teerin Meckmongkol

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2005-2841

Subject(s) - menarche , leptin , medicine , endocrinology , psychology , hormone , growth hormone , obesity

GH is strongly related to body composition, physical activity, and pubertal progression. Adolescent girls decrease physical activity during puberty, whereas their weight increases. Because leptin is a good index of energy balance in active young women, we hypothesized that leptin is related to GH secretion in this population while taking into account fitness, fatness, and age at menarche.

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