Comprehensive assessment of cardiovascular disease risk in children with short stature due to isolated growth hormone deficiency: a case-control study.
Saniya GuptaDevi DayalManoj Kumar RohitAtit A GawalkarKumar Manish RajSavita Verma AttriNaresh SachdevaHarvinder KaurPublished in: Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM (2022)
Children with IGHD showed abnormalities in several biochemical and cardiac parameters that may be associated with an increased CVD risk in later life. More extensive studies, including younger children with IGHD, are needed to determine the lower ages at which the CVD risk is detectable.