Criteria for First-Year Growth Response to Growth Hormone Treatment in Prepubertal Children With Growth Hormone Deficiency: Do They Predict Poor Adult Height Outcome?

Saartje Straetemans*, Jean De Schepper, Muriel Thomas, Sylvie Tenoutasse, Veronique Beauloye, Raoul Rooman

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Abstract

Objective: Several criteria for first-year growth response (FYGR) to growth hormone (GH) treatment have been proposed. We explored which FYGR criteria predicted best the final height outcome after GH treatment in prepubertal children with GH deficiency (GHD). Design and methods: Height data of 129 GHD children (83 boys) who attained adult height and had been treated with GH for at least 4 consecutive years with at least 1 year before pubertal onset, were retrieved from the Belgian GH Registry. The FYGR parameters were: (1) increase in height (Delta Ht) SDS, (2) height velocity (HV) SDS, (3) Delta HV (cm/year), (4) index of responsiveness (IoR) in KIGS prediction models, (5) first-year HV SDS based on the KIGS expected HV curve (HV KIGS SDS), (6) near final adult height (nFAH) prediction after first-year GH treatment. Poor final height outcome (PFHO) criteria were: (1) total Delta Ht SDS

Original languageEnglish
Article number792
Number of pages10
JournalFrontiers in Endocrinology
Volume10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Nov 2019

Keywords

  • growth hormone treatment
  • growth hormone deficiency
  • children
  • first-year growth response criteria
  • adult height outcome
  • IDIOPATHIC GH DEFICIENCY
  • FINAL HEIGHT
  • STANDARDS
  • THERAPY
  • BIRTH
  • AGE

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