Predictive outcome measure of adult short stature in patients with severe acquired autoimmune hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism caused by Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is the most common reason for thyroid dysfunction in children. Our objective was to analyze its impact on final stature in relation to height and pubertal stage at the time of diagnosis in children younger than 18 years with severe autoimmune hypothyr...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Institución: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/175669 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/175669 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | SHORT STATURE AUTOINMUNE HYPOTHYROIDISM HASHIMOTO https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.2 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3 |
| Sumario: | Hypothyroidism caused by Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is the most common reason for thyroid dysfunction in children. Our objective was to analyze its impact on final stature in relation to height and pubertal stage at the time of diagnosis in children younger than 18 years with severe autoimmune hypothyroidism. Out of 79 patients, 78.5 % were girls. Those with goiter (56 %) had a better height at diagnosis than those without goiter (mean standard deviation score for height: 0.2versus−2.42; p < 0.0001). Five girls (6.3%) had precocious puberty. When considering the final stature of patients (n: 33), among those with short stature at the time of diagnosis, pubertal children had a significantly shorter final stature than prepubertal children (mean standard deviation score for height: −2.82 versus −1.52; p = 0.0311). The late diagnosis of severe hypothyroidism in pediatrics has a negative impact on final stature, especially in those who were pubertal patients at the time of diagnosis. |
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