Factors Influencing the One- and Two-Year Growth Response in Children Treated with Growth Hormone: Analysis from an Observational Study
Author(s) -
Judith Ross,
PeterA Lee,
Robert Gut,
John Germak
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of pediatric endocrinology/international journal of pediatric endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1687-9856
pISSN - 1687-9848
DOI - 10.1186/1687-9856-2010-494656
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , growth hormone , pediatrics , hormone
To assess gender-, pubertal-, age-related differences in change from baseline height standard deviation score (), data from 5,797 growth hormone (GH) naïve pediatric patients (<18 years) with growth hormone deficiency (GHD), multiple pituitary hormone deficiency (MPHD), Turner syndrome (TS), small for gestational age (SGA), Noonan syndrome (NS), and idiopathic short stature (ISS) were obtained from the ANSWER (American Norditropin Studies: Web-enabled Research) Program registry. For patients with SGA, at year 1 was significantly greater for males versus females (), but no other gender differences were observed. For patients with GHD, was greater in prepubertal than in pubertal patients. Younger patients for both genders (<11 years for boys; <10 years for girls) showed a greater ( for GHD, MPHD, and ISS). Overall, positive were observed in all patients, with greater growth responses in younger prepubertal children, emphasizing the importance of starting GH treatment early.
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