Table 2.

Endocrine factors of all obese with NAFLD children

Variable	rhGH group (n = 22)	control group (n = 22)	p value
IGF-1(ng/ml)	223.59 ± 94.82	279.23 ± 128.19	0.109
FT3 (pmmol/L)	6.20 ± 0.63	6.17 ± 0.43	0.816
FT4 (pmmol/L)	16.38 ± 2.31	15.65 ± 2.04	0.273
TSH (μU/mL)	2.77 ± 1.34	2.96 ± 1.05	0.611
ACTH (mmol/L)	24.31 ± 15.33	30.44 ± 13.27	0.163
COR(pg/mL)	355.54 ± 167.14	333.86 ± 136.94	0.640
LH(mIU/ml)	1.84(0.62, 3.34)	0.84(0.62, 2.65)	0.519#
FSH(mIU/ml)	4.29 ± 2.36	3.20 ± 2.04	0.110
Estradiol (pg/ml)	12.98(6.08, 30.85)	13.55(5.79, 24.72)	0.519#
Testosterone (ng/ml)	0.29(0.10, 0.75)	0.30(0.13, 0.95)	0.870#

^# p value reported for log transformed values, but values in the table represent as the median (interquartile range)

^* p < 0.05

Abbreviations: IGF-1 Insulin-like growth factor 1, FT3 Free Friiodothyronine, FT4 Free thyroxine, TSH Thyroid-stimulating hormone, ACTH Adrenal corticotropic hormone, COR Cortisol, LH Luteinizing hormone, FSH Follicle-stimulating hormone