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Concentrations of circulating kisspeptin are low in adults. The concentrations of plasma kisspeptin in boys and girls have not been studied previously.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Blood was obtained from 51 children and 63 adults. Plasma samples were analysed using radioimmunoassay. Children were aged 2\u201318 years, and attending hospital for a medically requested blood test unrelated to reproductive development. Data on pubertal status were not collected due to ethical reasons.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Mean plasma kisspeptin was significantly higher in children when compared with adults (mean plasma kisspeptin in pmol\/L: 12.3\u2009\u00b1\u20090.9, adults; 40.9\u2009\u00b1\u20093.3, children, P\u2009&lt;\u20090.001\u2009vs. adults). Overall mean concentrations of plasma kisspeptin were not significantly different between sexes (mean plasma kisspeptin in pmol\/L: 39.5\u2009\u00b1\u20093.2, boys; 44.3\u2009\u00b1\u20096.3, girls, P\u2009=\u20090.48). In both sexes, concentrations of plasma kisspeptin increased with age to peak concentrations between 9 and 12 years of age, before decreasing beyond 12 years of age to adulthood. Plasma kisspeptin concentrations were highly significantly elevated in both girls and boys aged 9\u201312 when compared with adults (mean plasma kisspeptin in pmol\/L: 59.5\u2009\u00b1\u200918.3, girls, P\u2009&lt;\u20090.01\u2009vs. adult women; 43.8\u2009\u00b1\u20096.2, boys, P\u2009&lt;\u20090.001\u2009vs. adult men).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We report that circulating kisspeptin is elevated in both boys and girls when compared with adults. Furthermore both boys and girls may have distinct, age-dependent concentrations of circulating kisspeptin. Further studies may determine if plasma kisspeptin could be used as a clinically useful biochemical marker of reproductive development in children.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/0004563213485230","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,7,18]],"date-time":"2013-07-18T22:57:43Z","timestamp":1374188263000},"page":"89-96","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Age-dependent elevations in plasma kisspeptin are observed in boys and girls when compared with adults"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"51","author":[{"given":"Channa N","family":"Jayasena","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Investigative Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gurjinder MK","family":"Nijher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Investigative 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