ArticlePediatric research2025
Cognitive performance in young adult women with a history of premature adrenarche.
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backgroundGirls with premature adrenarche (PA) mature earlier than peers and have been found to have greater symptom accounts reflecting anxiety compared to peers. It is not known, however, whether PA effects cognitive development. This longitudinal case-control cohort study aimed: (1) To investigate whether a history of PA leads to measurable changes in adulthood cognitive performance, and (2) to assess whether findings characteristic of PA girls predict adulthood cognitive performance.
methodsTwenty-seven girls with PA and 27 age-matched control girls were examined and followed from mid-childhood (mean age 7.2 years) until early adult age (18.5 years). Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fourth Edition scores were used as main outcome measure.
resultsAllostatic load (AL) scores, which compile multisystem variables to reflect the overall wear and tear of the body from increased and prolonged stress, were higher in the PA group in both prepuberty and adulthood, but there were no differences in WAIS-IV results between the groups (full-scale IQ 92.7 vs. 97.5, p 0.376; no differences in separate indexes). Childhood androgen levels, glucose metabolism biomarkers, and AL scores failed to predict adulthood cognitive performance outcomes.
conclusionThe study suggests that PA does not predispose to adverse adulthood outcomes of cognitive development. IMPACT: The study suggests that a history of premature adrenarche (PA) does not affect cognitive performance in adult age. Childhood androgen levels and biomarkers of glucose metabolism failed to predict adulthood cognitive outcomes in this study. Allostatic load scores were elevated in the PA group both in childhood and adulthood but did not predict adulthood cognitive outcomes.
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