Adult Height Outcome of Girls with Idiopathic Central Precocious Puberty Treated with GnRH Analogs is Irrespective of BMI
Abstract
Publication Date:
2014
abstract:
Background: GnRH analogs (GnRHa) have been used in
treatment of idiopathic central precocious puberty (ICPP) for
several decades. Their effectiveness on adult height (AH)
improvement has been widely studied and is still debated.
Objective and hypotheses: To assess whether BMI changes in
ICPP girls during GnRHa treatment can influence AH. Method:
A retrospective study of 131 ICPP girls (mean age at diagnosis:
7.6G0.7, range 4.3–9.0 years), treated for a period of 29.3G7.6
months, was performed. Data on chronological age (CA), height
(H), bone age (BA), BMI, predicted AH (PAH), target height (TH)
were collected. In relation to BMI SDS at the begin and at the
end of GnRHa treatment, patients were categorized in four
groups: persistent normal weight (Group 1), normal weight who
became overweight or obese (Group 2), overweight or obese who
became normal weight (Group 3), persistent overweight or obese
(Group 4). Results: (Table 1) Conclusion: A moderate increment
in BMI was on overall observed in our cohort. However, BMI
modifications during GnRHa treatment do not seem to influence
adult height outcome in our population.
Iris type:
14.a.6 Abstract in rivista
Keywords:
Central Precocious Puberty; Final height
List of contributors:
Aversa, Tommaso; Valenzise, Mariella; Wasniewska, Malgorzata Gabriela; Messina, Maria Francesca; Santisi, Alessandra; DE LUCA, Filippo
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