Endocrinology and Metabolism (Sep 2015)

Association between the Growth Hormone Receptor Exon 3 Polymorphism and Metabolic Factors in Korean Patients with Acromegaly

  • Hye Yoon Park,
  • In Ryang Hwang,
  • Jung Bum Seo,
  • Su Won Kim,
  • Hyun Ae Seo,
  • In Kyu Lee,
  • Jung Guk Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3803/EnM.2015.30.3.312
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 3
pp. 312 – 317

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BackgroundThis study investigated the association between the frequency of growth hormone receptor (GHR) exon 3 polymorphism (exon 3 deletion; d3-GHR) and metabolic factors in patients with acromegaly in Korea.MethodsDNA was extracted from the peripheral blood of 30 unrelated patients with acromegaly. GHR genotypes were evaluated by polymerase chain reaction and correlated with demographic data and laboratory parameters.ResultsNo patient had the d3/d3 genotype, while four (13.3%) had the d3/fl genotype, and 26 (86.7%) had the fl/fl genotype. Body mass index (BMI) in patients with the d3/fl genotype was significantly higher than in those with the fl/fl genotype (P=0.001). Age, gender, blood pressure, insulin-like growth factor-1, growth hormone, fasting plasma glucose, triglycerides, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels showed no significant differences between the two genotypes.ConclusionThe d3-GHR polymorphism may be associated with high BMI but not with other demographic characteristics or laboratory parameters.

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