TY - JOUR
T1 - Body image in adolescents with disorders of steroidogenesis
AU - Ning, Cong
AU - Green-Golan, Liza
AU - Stratakis, Constantine A.
AU - Leschek, Ellen
AU - Sinaii, Ninet
AU - Schroth, Elizabeth
AU - Ernst, Monique
AU - Merke, Deborah P.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health and in part by the Congenital Adrenal hyperplasia Research, Education and Support (CARES) Foundation. The authors thank Dr. Robert Wesley for assistance with data analysis.
PY - 2008/8
Y1 - 2008/8
N2 - Aim: Little is known about body image in children with endocrine conditions. We evaluated body image in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), familial male precocious puberty (FMPP), and Cushing's syndrome (CS). Study design: We compared 67 patients (41 CAH, 12 FMPP, 14 CS) age 8-18 years with 55 age-matched controls. Results: Patients expressed more weight unhappiness than controls (females: p <0.001; males: p = 0.01). This difference remained for females after adjusting for body mass index (BMI) (p = 0.03), but not for males (p = 0.12). Unhappiness with height and age of appearance was similar between groups. In female patients, higher BMI was a significant predictor of weight unhappiness (p = 0.01). Conclusion: Adolescents with CAH, FMPP, and CS are at risk for negative body image regarding weight, but not height or age of appearance. Weight unhappiness is partially related to greater weight, but factors unrelated to physical findings seem to contribute to negative body image in female patients.
AB - Aim: Little is known about body image in children with endocrine conditions. We evaluated body image in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), familial male precocious puberty (FMPP), and Cushing's syndrome (CS). Study design: We compared 67 patients (41 CAH, 12 FMPP, 14 CS) age 8-18 years with 55 age-matched controls. Results: Patients expressed more weight unhappiness than controls (females: p <0.001; males: p = 0.01). This difference remained for females after adjusting for body mass index (BMI) (p = 0.03), but not for males (p = 0.12). Unhappiness with height and age of appearance was similar between groups. In female patients, higher BMI was a significant predictor of weight unhappiness (p = 0.01). Conclusion: Adolescents with CAH, FMPP, and CS are at risk for negative body image regarding weight, but not height or age of appearance. Weight unhappiness is partially related to greater weight, but factors unrelated to physical findings seem to contribute to negative body image in female patients.
KW - Body image
KW - Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
KW - Cushing's syndrome
KW - Familial male precocious puberty
KW - Precocious puberty
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U2 - 10.1515/JPEM.2008.21.8.771
DO - 10.1515/JPEM.2008.21.8.771
M3 - Article
C2 - 18825877
AN - SCOPUS:52649143263
SN - 0334-018X
VL - 21
SP - 771
EP - 780
JO - Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
JF - Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
IS - 8
ER -