ArticleJournal of the Endocrine Society2023
Precocious Puberty Diagnoses Spike, COVID-19 Pandemic, and Body Mass Index: Findings From a 4-year Study.
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- Distinguishing central precocious puberty from nonprogressive breast development: adiposity and DXA body composition.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2026Article
- Hypothalamic-superior frontal gyrus functional connectivity alterations and luteinizing hormone correlations in girls with central precocious puberty.Annals of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism · 2026Article
- Parallel Increase in Childhood Anorexia Nervosa and Early Puberty During the COVID-19 Pandemic.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of central precocious puberty: A PRISMA-ScR-COMPLIANT scoping review.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- Manganese-induced Precocious Puberty Alters Mammary Epithelial Cell Proliferation in Female Rats.Endocrinology · 2025Article
- Osteocalcin: may be a useful biomarker for early identification of rapidly progressive central precocious puberty in girls.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2025Article
- Prevalence of organic central precocious puberty in males: criteria for a high index of suspicion.Endocrine connections · 2025Article
- Development and comparison of multivariate diagnostic models for rapidly progressive central precocious puberty in girls: the role of serum osteocalcin.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Back to normal? A retrospective study on stimulation test and endocrinological diagnosis before, during and after COVID-19 pandemics.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Impact of dietary patterns on body weight in girls with central precocious puberty treated with leuprolide during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Precocious puberty, pandemic and beyond.Pituitary · 2024Review
- Central Precocious Puberty During the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: A Systematic Review of Literature.Cureus · 2024Review
- Perfluorinated compounds linked to central precocious puberty in girls during COVID-19: an untargeted metabolomics study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- A Short-Duration Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Stimulation Test for the Diagnosis of Central Precocious Puberty.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Context: Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the number of girls with suspected precocious puberty has increased. Objective: To compare the incidence of idiopathic central precocious puberty (ICPP) during COVID-19 with that of the previous 4 years. Methods: Anthropometric, biochemical, and radiological parameters were collected between January 2016 and June 2021 from 133 girls who met the Rapidly Progressive ICPP criteria (RP-ICPP). Results: We found a higher incidence of RP-ICPP between March 2020 and June 2021 (group 2) compared with January 2016 through March 2020 (group 1) (53.5% vs 41.1%); 2021 showed the highest annual incidence ( Conclusions: A spike in new diagnoses of idiopathic (1.79-fold higher) and RP-CPP coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic. The incidence of RP-ICPP was 1.3-fold higher during COVID-19 with a trend toward an increase in body mass index SD score. The expanding use of digital devices and the reduction of daily physical activity represent possible risk factors.
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