Linear growth and body mass index in pediatric patients with Cushing's disease or simple obesity

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 885-887

  Greening, J E ^a   Storr, H L ^a   McKenzie, S A ^a   Davies, K M ^a   Martin, L ^a   Grossman, A B ^a   Savage, M O ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b John Vane Science Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Pediatric Cushings disease growth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33846496788     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03349191     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Lissau I, Overpeck MD, Ruan WJ, Due P, Holstein BE, Hediger ML. Body mass index and overweight in adolescents in 13 European countries,Israel, and the United States. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2004, 158: 27-33.
2. Lobstein T, Frelut ML. Prevalence of overweight among children in Europe. Obes Rev 2003, 4: 195-200.
3. Magarey AM, Daniels LA, Boulton TJ. Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Australian children and adolescents: reassessment of 1985 and 1995 data against new standard international definitions. Med J Aust 2001, 174: 5614.
4. de Onis M, Blossner M. Prevalence and trends of overweight among preschool children in developing countries. Am J Clin Nutr 2000, 72: 1032-9.
5. Visscher TL, Seidell JC. The public health impact of obesity. Annu Rev Public Health 2001, 22: 355-75.
6. Speiser PW, Rudolf MCJ, Anhalt H, et al. Childhood obesity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2004, 90: 1871-87.
7. Magiakou MA, Mastorakos G, Oldfield EH, et al. Cushing's syndrome in children and adolescence; presentation, diagnosis, and therapy. N Engl J Med 1994, 331: 629-36.
8. Savage MO, Besser GM. Cushing's disease in childhood. Trends Endocrinol Metab 1996, 7: 213-6.
9. Newell-Price J, Trainer P, Besser GM, Grossman AB. The diagnosis and differential diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome and Pseudo-Cushing's states. Endocr Rev 1998, 19: 647-72.
10. Savage MO, Lienhardt A, Lebrethon M-C, et al. Horm Res 2001, 55 (Suppl 1): 24-30.
11. Lebrethon M-C, Grossman AB, Afshar F, Plowman PN, Besser GM, Savage MO. Linear growth and final height after treatment for Cushing's disease in childhood. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000, 85: 3262-5.
12. Lienhardt A, Grossman AB, Dacie JE, et al. Relative contributions of inferior petrosal sinus sampling and pituitary imaging in the investigation of children and adolescents with ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2001, 86: 5711-4.
13. Storr HL, Afshar F, Matson M, et al. Factors influencing cure by transsphenoidal selective adenomectomy in paediatric Cushing's disease. Eur J Endocrinol 2005, 152: 825-33.
14. Cole TJ, Bellizzi MC, Flegal KM, et al. Establishing a standard deviation for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey. Br Med J 2000, 320: 1240-3.
15. Freeman JV, Cole TJ, Chinn S, Jones PR, White EM, Preece MA. Cross sectional stature and weight reference curves for the UK, 1990. Arch Dis Child 1995, 73: 17-24.
16. Storr HL, Isidori AM, Monson JP, Besser GM, Grossman AB, Savage MO. Prepubertal Cushing's disease is more common in males, but there is no increase in severity at diagnosis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2004, 88: 3818-20.
17. Magiakou MA, Mastorakos G, Gomez MT, Rose SR, Chrousos GP. Suppressed spontaneous and stimulated growth hormone secretion in patients with Cushing's disease before and after surgical cure. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1994, 78: 131-7.
18. Unterman TG, Phillips LS. Glucocorticoid effects on somatomedins and somatomedin inhibitors. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1985, 61: 618-26.