Incidence of central precocious puberty more than doubled during COVID-19 pandemic: Single-center retrospective review in the United States
Background and aim of the studyThe frequency of new visits for precocious puberty increased during the Covid-19 pandemic in the pediatric endocrinology clinic at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, CA, US. A few recent studies have shown an increase in the frequency of Central Precocious Pub...
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| author | Marcela Vargas Trujillo Marcela Vargas Trujillo Tiranun Rungvivatjarus Tiranun Rungvivatjarus Karen O. Klein Karen O. Klein |
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| description | Background and aim of the studyThe frequency of new visits for precocious puberty increased during the Covid-19 pandemic in the pediatric endocrinology clinic at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, CA, US. A few recent studies have shown an increase in the frequency of Central Precocious Puberty (CPP) in other centers during this pandemic. This study evaluated the change in incidence of new CPP cases requiring treatment with GnRH agonist (GnRHa) at Rady Children's Hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic and compared it to pre-pandemic years.MethodsData were reviewed retrospectively to compare the number of visits of children newly diagnosed with CPP treated with GnRHa during the Covid-19 pandemic (5/2020–4/2021) and before the pandemic (5/2018–4/2019). Clinical and bone maturation data were evaluated as well as differences in timing from diagnosis to onset of treatment. The incidence of CPP requiring treatment for 5 years prior to the pandemic was also reviewed to evaluate for trends over time.ResultsA total of 92 subjects were included. During pre-Covid year, 28 children (1 boy, 27 girls) were treated with GnRHa for CPP out of 2,340 new endocrinology visits (1.2% of patients seen). During Covid-19 year, 64 children (7 boys, 57 girls) were treated out of 2,261 new visits (2.8%). The incidence of new CPP cases requiring GnRHa during the pandemic more than doubled compared to pre-pandemic. Age at onset of treatment, degree of bone age (BA) advancement, time from diagnosis to onset of treatment, and changes in BMI during the pandemic were not different from pre-pandemic.ConclusionCPP cases requiring GnRHa treatment significantly increased during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. This was not related to increased BMI or delay in onset of treatment. Age at diagnosis, degree of bone age advancement, and time from diagnosis to onset of treatment were all similar during the first year of the pandemic compared to the prior year. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c22c3a063b1419e8a3548bd63f603fa2022-12-22T04:36:40ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Pediatrics2296-23602022-11-011010.3389/fped.2022.10077301007730Incidence of central precocious puberty more than doubled during COVID-19 pandemic: Single-center retrospective review in the United StatesMarcela Vargas Trujillo0Marcela Vargas Trujillo1Tiranun Rungvivatjarus2Tiranun Rungvivatjarus3Karen O. Klein4Karen O. Klein5Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United StatesDepartment of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United StatesDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United StatesDepartment of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United StatesDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United StatesDepartment of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United StatesBackground and aim of the studyThe frequency of new visits for precocious puberty increased during the Covid-19 pandemic in the pediatric endocrinology clinic at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, CA, US. A few recent studies have shown an increase in the frequency of Central Precocious Puberty (CPP) in other centers during this pandemic. This study evaluated the change in incidence of new CPP cases requiring treatment with GnRH agonist (GnRHa) at Rady Children's Hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic and compared it to pre-pandemic years.MethodsData were reviewed retrospectively to compare the number of visits of children newly diagnosed with CPP treated with GnRHa during the Covid-19 pandemic (5/2020–4/2021) and before the pandemic (5/2018–4/2019). Clinical and bone maturation data were evaluated as well as differences in timing from diagnosis to onset of treatment. The incidence of CPP requiring treatment for 5 years prior to the pandemic was also reviewed to evaluate for trends over time.ResultsA total of 92 subjects were included. During pre-Covid year, 28 children (1 boy, 27 girls) were treated with GnRHa for CPP out of 2,340 new endocrinology visits (1.2% of patients seen). During Covid-19 year, 64 children (7 boys, 57 girls) were treated out of 2,261 new visits (2.8%). The incidence of new CPP cases requiring GnRHa during the pandemic more than doubled compared to pre-pandemic. Age at onset of treatment, degree of bone age (BA) advancement, time from diagnosis to onset of treatment, and changes in BMI during the pandemic were not different from pre-pandemic.ConclusionCPP cases requiring GnRHa treatment significantly increased during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic. This was not related to increased BMI or delay in onset of treatment. Age at diagnosis, degree of bone age advancement, and time from diagnosis to onset of treatment were all similar during the first year of the pandemic compared to the prior year.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2022.1007730/fullcentral precocious pubertyCOVID-19incidenceearly pubertycoronavirus |
| spellingShingle | Marcela Vargas Trujillo Marcela Vargas Trujillo Tiranun Rungvivatjarus Tiranun Rungvivatjarus Karen O. Klein Karen O. Klein Incidence of central precocious puberty more than doubled during COVID-19 pandemic: Single-center retrospective review in the United States Frontiers in Pediatrics central precocious puberty COVID-19 incidence early puberty coronavirus |
| title | Incidence of central precocious puberty more than doubled during COVID-19 pandemic: Single-center retrospective review in the United States |
| title_full | Incidence of central precocious puberty more than doubled during COVID-19 pandemic: Single-center retrospective review in the United States |
| title_fullStr | Incidence of central precocious puberty more than doubled during COVID-19 pandemic: Single-center retrospective review in the United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | Incidence of central precocious puberty more than doubled during COVID-19 pandemic: Single-center retrospective review in the United States |
| title_short | Incidence of central precocious puberty more than doubled during COVID-19 pandemic: Single-center retrospective review in the United States |
| title_sort | incidence of central precocious puberty more than doubled during covid 19 pandemic single center retrospective review in the united states |
| topic | central precocious puberty COVID-19 incidence early puberty coronavirus |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2022.1007730/full |
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