Ruta Navardauskaite, Aurika Vanckaviciene, Rasa Verkauskiene
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Abstract
Background: The effects of long-term glucocorticoid (GC) treatment on bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) remain controversial.
Objectives: This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate BMD in relation to genotype, growth, vitamin D status, cumulative GC doses, and other relevant factors in youths with CAH.
Methods: Thirty-two patients with classical CAH (13 males; mean age 26.0 ± 7.1 years) were compared with 32 healthy controls matched by age and sex. BMD was measured using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, and statistical analyses, including the Mann-Whitney U-test and Spearman's correlation coefficient, were performed to evaluate differences and associations.
Results: Median whole-body and lumbar BMD Z-scores were similar between CAH patients and controls (p = 0.27 and 0.15, respectively). Low bone density was observed in 12.5% of CAH patients and 18.75% of controls (p = 0.5), and osteoporosis was confirmed in 12.5% of CAH patients and 0% of controls (p = 0.04). BMD did not correlate with cumulative GC doses, estradiol, renin, phosphate, sodium levels, or anthropometric parameters in CAH patients. There was no significant difference in BMD between severe and non-severe genotypes of CAH. However, a positive correlation was found between the whole-body BMD Z-score and growth velocity during infancy (r = 0.776, p = 0.021) in CAH patients. Vitamin D deficiency was noted in 56.25% of CAH patients, although vitamin D levels did not correlate with BMD or genotype. No history of bone fractures was reported among study participants.
Conclusions: CAH patients are at risk of developing osteoporosis, but in this study, BMD Z-scores were not associated with cumulative GC doses. The study did not identify an association between genotype and BMD. Poor growth during infancy was linked to decreased BMD in adulthood.
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Frontiers in Pediatrics (Impact Factor 2.33) publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research broadly across the field, from basic to clinical research that meets ongoing challenges in pediatric patient care and child health. Field Chief Editors Arjan Te Pas at Leiden University and Michael L. Moritz at the Children''s Hospital of Pittsburgh are supported by an outstanding Editorial Board of international experts. This multidisciplinary open-access journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics, clinicians and the public worldwide.
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