Precocious puberty: associated conditions
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 app...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade de Fortaleza (Unifor) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde |
| Idioma: | portugués inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.ojs.unifor.br:article/2325 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/2325 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Puberty Precocious Pediatric Obesity Public Health. Puberdade Precoce Obesidade Pediátrica Saúde Pública. |
| Resumo: | 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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