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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
===Incidence=== | ===Incidence=== | ||
*The sex distribution of patients with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency is 73% male and 27% female. | ==== Sex ==== | ||
*The sex distribution of patients with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency is 73% male and 27% female. | |||
*Diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency is made during 2 broad age peaks | *Cuttler et al published results of a survey of pediatric endocrinologists that growth hormone treatment was 1.3 times more common in boys than in girls. | ||
*There is no apparent racial difference in the incidence of GHD | |||
*Growth hormone deficiency affects males and females equally | ==== Age ==== | ||
*Diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency is made during 2 broad age peaks; the first age peak occurs at 5 years, a time when children begin school. The second age peak occurs in girls aged 10-13 years and boys aged 12-16 years. | |||
*While 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 apparent racial difference in the incidence of GHD. | |||
==== Gender ==== | |||
*Growth hormone deficiency affects males and females equally. | |||
*However, due to societies that care a lot about males short stature than the females, seventy-three percent of patients with idiopathic GHD in were males | |||
*Patients with GHD from organic causes such as tumors and radiation, in which no gender bias should be present, were still 62% male. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
Sex
- The sex distribution of patients with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency is 73% male and 27% female.
- Cuttler et al published results of a survey of pediatric endocrinologists that growth hormone treatment was 1.3 times more common in boys than in girls.
Age
- Diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency is made during 2 broad age peaks; the first age peak occurs at 5 years, a time when children begin school. The second age peak occurs in girls aged 10-13 years and boys aged 12-16 years.
- While 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 apparent racial difference in the incidence of GHD.
Gender
- Growth hormone deficiency affects males and females equally.
- However, due to societies that care a lot about males short stature than the females, seventy-three percent of patients with idiopathic GHD in were males
- Patients with GHD from organic causes such as tumors and radiation, in which no gender bias should be present, were still 62% male.