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Differences in Puberty of Girls before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 19; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/ijerph19084733

1661-7827

Clariano Pires de Oliveira Neto, Rossana Santiago de Sousa Azulay, Ana Gregória Ferreira Pereira de Almeida, Maria da Glória Tavares, Luciana Helena Gama Vaz, Ianik Rafaela Lima Leal, Mônica Elinor Alves Gama, Marizélia Rodrigues Costa Ribeiro, Gilvan Cortês Nascimento, Marcelo Magalhães, Wellyandra Costa dos Santos, Alexandre Facundo, Manuel dos Santos Faria, Débora Cristina Ferreira Lago,

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In the COVID-19 pandemic, there was an increase in consultations for precocious puberty. We aim to analyze differences in female puberty before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional analytical study was designed at the Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic of the University Hospital of the Federal University of Maranhão in São Luis, Brazil. We included 55 girls with precocious puberty, 22 who started puberty during the pandemic and 33 who started puberty before the pandemic. Clinical, anthropometric, laboratory and imaging variables were compared between groups. Statistics were performed to determine if there was a statistical difference between the groups. Girls with puberty during the pandemic had higher Z-scores for weight (1.08 ± 1.29 versus 0.69 ± 0.83;