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PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
Volume 87, Issue 5, Pages 897-902Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/s41390-019-0633-z
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- Sao Paulo Research Fundation (FAPESP), Brazil [2017/26509-8]
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III
- Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER), Madrid, Spain [PI08/0443, PI11/02403]
- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades [SAF2017-85722-R]
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Background Growth-and-differentiation-factor-15 (GDF15) is a regulator of energy homeostasis. To determine the relationship between circulating GDF15 and parameters of metabolic health, we assessed longitudinally GDF15 concentrations in infants born either appropriate- (AGA) or small-for-gestational-age (SGA), the latter population known to be at risk for metabolic alterations, particularly after a rapid postnatal catch-up in weight. Methods The study cohort consisted of 103 infants (70 AGA and 33 SGA). Assessments included body length, weight, and ponderal index (PI); fasting glucose, insulin, IGF-I, high-molecular-weight adiponectin, GDF15; and body composition (by absorptiometry) at birth, and at age 4, 12 and 24 months. Results GDF15 levels at birth were significantly higher than those at each subsequent time point and were similar in AGA and SGA subjects. GDF15 concentrations dropped at age 4 months, more substantially in SGA infants, and continued to decline in both subgroups reaching adult concentrations by age 24 months. GDF15 levels correlated inversely with the changes in PI, IGF-I and body fat throughout follow-up. Conclusions Early life is associated with supra-adult concentrations of GDF15. The lower levels of GDF15 in SGA subjects may be an adaptive mechanism to promote catch-up in weight and might increase the risk for obesity later in life.
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