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Table 5 Correlation between IGF-1 and each of duration of diabetes (years), weight (kg), height (cm), height SDS, BMI (kg/m2), BMI SDS, waist circumference, Waist circumference SDS, Hip circumference, Hip circumference SDS, waist /hip ratio, waist /hip SDS, penile length (cm), right testicular volume (ml), left testicular volume (ml) and Tanner score

From: Insulin-like growth factor 1 and sex hormones for assessment of anthropometric and pubertal growth of Egyptian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus (single center study)

 

IGF-1

r

P -value

Duration of Diabetes (years)

0.452

0.023

Weight (kg)

0.377

0.040

Height (cm)

0.580

0.001

Height SDS

0.465

0.019

Waist circumference (cm)

0.525

0.003

Waist circumference SDS

0.624

0.000

Hip circumference (cm)

0.504

0.004

waist/hip SDS

0.394

0.031

Penile length (cm)

0.859

0.001

Right testicular volume (ml)

0.732

0.016

Light testicular volume (ml)

0.732

0.016

Tanner score

0.570

0.003

  1. Spearman correlation coefficient
  2. P-value > 0.05: Non significant
  3. P-value < 0.05: Significant
  4. P-value < 0.01: Highly significant