In girls with central precocious puberty, decapeptyl treatment was associated with a decline in height standard deviation score.
In plain wordsIn girls with central precocious puberty, decapeptyl treatment was linked to a decline in height standard deviation score.
- Outcome
- DecreaseHeight standard deviation score during treatment
- Study
n = 40
- Outcome group
- Linear growth · Endocrine and hormones
- Studied dose
- 3.75 mg every 28 days · intramuscular · 3.3 ± 2.3 yearsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Height SDS
- 2 SDS
- before treatment
- Height SDS
- 1.24 SDS
- during treatment
Source sentences
During the treatment a decline in HtSDS from 2.0 ± 1.36 to 1.24 ± 1.0 was observed (p = 0.0002)
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The study group consisted of 40 girls with puberty onset aged 6.0 ± 1.9 years (mean, ± SD), treated with 3.75 mg decapeptyl depot intramuscularly every 28 days.
The treatment was initiated at the age of 7.5 ± 2.2 years and continued for 3.3 ± 2.3 years, until the age of 11.4 ± 0.9 years.