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==Overview==
==Overview==
[[Prevalence]] and [[incidence]] data of growth hormone deficiency vary widely due to the lack of standard diagnostic criteria. Diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency is made during 2 broad age peaks; the first age peak occurs at 5 years. The second age peak occurs in girls aged 10-13 years and boys aged 12-16 years. There is no apparent racial difference in the incidence of GHD. In societies that concern more about male short stature than the females, 73% of males were found to have idiopathic GHD. When GHD is caused from organic causes such as [[Tumor|tumors]] and [[Radiation therapy|radiation,]] in which no gender bias should be present, there was still 62% male.


==Epidemiology and Demographics==
==Epidemiology and Demographics==
*Many cases of isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) recognized in childhood are idiopathic.
===Incidence===
*IGHD has been reported to affect about 1 in 4000 children, but IGHD is difficult to distinguish from other causes of shortness such as constitutional delay, and the true incidence is unsettled.
* [[Prevalence]] and [[incidence]] data vary widely due to the lack of standard diagnostic criteria.<ref name="pmid16166753">{{cite journal| author=Erfurth EM| title=Epidemiology of adult growth hormone deficiency. Prevalence, incidence, mortality and morbidity. | journal=Front Horm Res | year= 2005 | volume= 33 | issue=  | pages= 21-32 | pmid=16166753 | doi=10.1159/000088397 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16166753  }}</ref>
* The [[incidence]] of persistent GHD is 12.0%.<ref name="pmid25301482">{{cite journal| author=Smyczyńska J, Stawerska R, Lewiński A, Hilczer M| title=Incidence and predictors of persistent growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in patients with isolated, childhood-onset GHD. | journal=Endokrynol Pol | year= 2014 | volume= 65 | issue= 5 | pages= 334-41 | pmid=25301482 | doi=10.5603/EP.2014.0046 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25301482  }}</ref>
* There is no significant difference in the [[incidence]] of [[Pituitary gland|pituitary hypoplasia]] between the patients with persistent and transient GHD.
 
=== Gender ===
*Seventy-three percent of patients with [[idiopathic]] GHD occur in societies that care a lot about short stature of males more than females.<ref name="pmid10393494">{{cite journal| author=Finkelstein BS, Singh J, Silvers JB, Marrero U, Neuhauser D, Cuttler L| title=Patient attitudes and preferences regarding treatment: GH therapy for childhood short stature. | journal=Horm Res | year= 1999 | volume= 51 Suppl 1 | issue=  | pages= 67-72 | pmid=10393494 | doi=53138 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10393494  }}</ref>
*Prevalence of GHD from organic causes such as [[tumors]] and [[Radiation therapy|radiation]] is 62% male.
*A survey of pediatric endocrinologists show that [[growth hormone]] treatment was 1.3 times more common in boys than in girls.<ref name="pmid21229093">{{cite journal| author=Schnell FN, Bannard JR| title=Short Stature in Childhood and Adolescence: Part 1: Medical management. | journal=Can Fam Physician | year= 1991 | volume= 37 | issue=  | pages= 2206-13 | pmid=21229093 | doi= | pmc=2145710 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21229093  }}</ref>
 
==== Age ====
*Growth hormone deficiency has a bimodal distribution; the first age peak occurs at 5 years. 
*The second age peak occurs in girls aged 10-13 years and boys aged 12-16 years.
*Congenital GHD and most cases of idiopathic GHD are thought to be present from birth, diagnosis is often delayed until the patient’s short stature is noticed in relation to their peers. 
 
==== Race ====
*There is no racial predilection of growth hormone deficiency.


==References==
==References==
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Overview

Prevalence and incidence data of growth hormone deficiency vary widely due to the lack of standard diagnostic criteria. Diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency is made during 2 broad age peaks; the first age peak occurs at 5 years. The second age peak occurs in girls aged 10-13 years and boys aged 12-16 years. There is no apparent racial difference in the incidence of GHD. In societies that concern more about male short stature than the females, 73% of males were found to have idiopathic GHD. When GHD is caused from organic causes such as tumors and radiation, in which no gender bias should be present, there was still 62% male.

Epidemiology and Demographics

Incidence

Gender

  • Seventy-three percent of patients with idiopathic GHD occur in societies that care a lot about short stature of males more than females.[3]
  • Prevalence of GHD from organic causes such as tumors and radiation is 62% male.
  • A survey of pediatric endocrinologists show that growth hormone treatment was 1.3 times more common in boys than in girls.[4]

Age

  • Growth hormone deficiency has a bimodal distribution; the first age peak occurs at 5 years.
  • The second age peak occurs in girls aged 10-13 years and boys aged 12-16 years.
  • Congenital GHD and most cases of idiopathic GHD are thought to be present from birth, diagnosis is often delayed until the patient’s short stature is noticed in relation to their peers.

Race

  • There is no racial predilection of growth hormone deficiency.

References

  1. Erfurth EM (2005). "Epidemiology of adult growth hormone deficiency. Prevalence, incidence, mortality and morbidity". Front Horm Res. 33: 21–32. doi:10.1159/000088397. PMID 16166753.
  2. Smyczyńska J, Stawerska R, Lewiński A, Hilczer M (2014). "Incidence and predictors of persistent growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in patients with isolated, childhood-onset GHD". Endokrynol Pol. 65 (5): 334–41. doi:10.5603/EP.2014.0046. PMID 25301482.
  3. Finkelstein BS, Singh J, Silvers JB, Marrero U, Neuhauser D, Cuttler L (1999). "Patient attitudes and preferences regarding treatment: GH therapy for childhood short stature". Horm Res. 51 Suppl 1: 67–72. doi:53138 Check |doi= value (help). PMID 10393494.
  4. Schnell FN, Bannard JR (1991). "Short Stature in Childhood and Adolescence: Part 1: Medical management". Can Fam Physician. 37: 2206–13. PMC 2145710. PMID 21229093.

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