Precocious puberty: associated conditions
| Autor: | Celso Junior Wanderley Cavalcante, Luciano Lima Correia, Durval Damiani |
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| Jazyk: | portugalština |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde, Vol 27, Iss 2, Pp 153-162 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1806-1222 1806-1230 |
| DOI: | 10.5020/2325 |
| Popis: | Objective: To analyze the characteristics of children with central precocious puberty (CPP), identifying both their clinical and epidemiological characteristics, as well as the determinants for receiving timely specialized health care. Methods: Cross-sectional retrospective study with analytical approach of 342 medical records of children aged 1 to 11 years with CPP, from the Endocrinology Outpatient Clinic of a reference hospital. Biological, socio-economic, family and nutritional data of the 1994 to 2010 period was submitted to univariate and bivariate analysis, using the chi-square test for the statistical evaluation of the associations. Results: The main features of children with CPP were: being adopted, 25 (7.3%); being overweight, 92 (27.1%); being obese, 85 (25.1%); initiating puberty before six years of age, 205 (60.3%). Children with PPC who received late specialized care were the ones who most precociously presented signs of puberty (p |
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