Cortisol and growth hormone in kwashiorkor and marasmus

Van Der Westhuysen, J.M.; Jones, J.J.; Van Niekerk, C.H.; Belonje, P.C.; Van Der Westhuysen, J.M; Jones, J.J; Van Niekerk, C.H; Belonje, P.C

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Cortisol and growth hormone in kwashiorkor and marasmus

Van Der Westhuysen, J.M.; Jones, J.J.; Van Niekerk, C.H.; Belonje, P.C.

South African Medical Journal 49(40): 1642-1644

1975

ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574

PMID: 809848

Document Number: 84565

Cortisol and growth hormone were estimated in blood plasma of 26 infants with kwashiorkor, 13 with marasmus and 21 healthy controls. Cortisol was high in infants with kwashiorkor and marasmus, especially the former, in relation to a constant body mass. There was a positive correlation between plasma cortisol and the body mass deficit in kwashiorkor and in infants with low mass for age. Growth hormone was high in both malnourished groups.