Abstract

ROMERO, Gisela et al. Relación del factor de crecimiento insulina tipo I y la malnutrición en pacientes adultos con enfermedad hepática crónica compensada. Gen [online]. 2007, vol.61, n.3, pp.172-178. ISSN 0016-3503.

Patients with chronic liver disease have malnutrition in variable degrees. One of the factors implied in malnutrition is the deficiency of insulin growth factor type 1. Objective: to determine the relationship of insulin-like growth factor 1 and malnutrition in patients with compensated chronic liver disease. Materials and methods: group A: 31 patients with chronic liver disease Child Pugh A and group B: 16 healthy controls. The patients were submitted to a clinical history, laboratory, anthropometric evaluation and IGF-1 was determined by enzymatic immunoassay technique. T student was applied with the SPSS online program and a value of p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: group A: 31 patients with chronic liver disease, alcoholic and non alcoholic, ages between 40 and 66 years, group B: control 16 healthy individuals, with ages between 30 and 62 years. In group A 41.94% of patients were normal, 38.71% with overweight, 12.9% with obesity type 1 and 6.45% with deficit. In group B all the controls were healthy, nutritionally. IGF- 1 in group A was 47 + 22ng/ml and in controls 79 + 33ng/ml p < 0.05. Conclusion: The serum levels of IFG-1 are statistically lower (p< 0.05) in patients with compensated chronic liver disease than in healthy controls and they seem to be related with the malnutrition degree.

Keywords : Chronic liver disease; malnutrition; insulin growth factor -1.