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JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
卷 32, 期 8, 页码 871-877出版社
WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1515/jpem-2019-0079
关键词
congenital adrenal hyperplasia; metabolic profile; quality of life
资金
- Department of Biostatistics, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Cochin, Kerala, India
Background: The present study was designed to evaluate the metabolic profile, cardiovascular risk factors and quality of life in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and compare it with age- and sex-matched controls. Methods: Fifty-two patients aged 3-21 years with classic CAH due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency were included in the study. Metabolic profiling was done for 36 cases and compared with 28 healthy age- and sex-matched controls. Quality of life was assessed in all 52 children and their parents using a validated Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) questionnaire and was compared with normative data from the same population. Results: The median age was 12 years with 14 (27%) males and 38 (73%) females. Out of the total 52 patients, 35 (67%) had salt wasting and 17 (33%) had simple virilising CAH. The median height standard deviation score (SDS) of cases was similar to that of controls (-0.72 vs. -0.64, p = 0.57) and 81% of females had normal pubertal status indicating a good control of the disease. Weight SDS, body mass index (BMI) SDS, mean diastolic blood pressure and insulin resistance were significantly higher in cases when compared to controls (0.31 vs. -0.3; 0.96 vs. 0.17; 67.8 +/- 10.49 vs. 61 +/- 8.49 and 2.1 vs. 0.95, respectively). The quality of life was significantly reduced in all domains as per parents' perspective, whereas the children reported reduced quality of social and school functioning. There was no significant correlation between quality of life and metabolic parameters. Conclusions: Children with CAH despite a reasonably good control of the disease have a higher cardiovascular risk and reduced quality of life when compared to healthy controls.
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