Increased Incidence of Precocious Puberty in Girls During COVID-19 Pandemic: Early Indicator of the Upcoming Childhood Metabolic Syndrome Pandemic?

Increased Incidence of Precocious Puberty in Girls During COVID-19 Pandemic: Early Indicator of the Upcoming Childhood Metabolic Syndrome Pandemic?

To evaluate retrospectively the incidence of central precocious puberty (CPP) during the COVID 19 lockdown and comparing the data with the corresponding data from the previous 2 years. The study included 23 girls with CPP and 14 patients with early puberty. Nineteen patients were newly diagnosed wit...

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Veröffentlicht in:Global pediatric health 2022-01, Vol.9, p.2333794X221134565-2333794X221134565
Hauptverfasser: Itani, Alaa, Abou Hamdan, Aya, Zgheib, Hawraa, Ghandour, Zeina, Costanian, Christy, Azar, Ahlam
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Childhood Obesity and Nutrition
COVID-19
Girls
Metabolic disorders
Metabolic syndrome
Pandemics
Puberty
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Zusammenfassung:To evaluate retrospectively the incidence of central precocious puberty (CPP) during the COVID 19 lockdown and comparing the data with the corresponding data from the previous 2 years. The study included 23 girls with CPP and 14 patients with early puberty. Nineteen patients were newly diagnosed with CPP compared to 4 patients diagnosed with CPP during the previous 2 years. The number of new patients diagnosed with CPP was significantly higher than the mean during the previous 2 years (P 
ISSN:2333-794X
2333-794X
DOI:10.1177/2333794X221134565