Fig. 2.

Cluster and deconvolutional analyses in AN patients and controls. a Cluster analysis in 2 girls with AN (two left panels) and 2 healthy adolescent girls (two right panels). The mean and nadir GH concentrations and the total AUC were greater in girls with AN than in controls. b Deconvolutional analysis in the 2 girls with AN and the 2 healthy controls analyzed by cluster in a. The upper panels show GH concentrations over the sampling period; the lower panels show the individual secretory bursts. Girls with AN had higher basal GH secretion and a greater number of secretory episodes than healthy adolescents of comparable chronological and bone ages. Reprinted with permission from Misra et al. [11].