Table 1 Pattern of pediatric endocrine disorders in the studied population
Parameter | Endocrine disorder | Number (%) |
|---|---|---|
Short stature | 176 (23.7%) | |
Tall stature | 2 (0.3%) | |
Puberty disorders | 27 (3.6%) | |
Precocious puberty | 18 | |
Delayed puberty | 6 | |
Premature thelarche | 3 | |
Sex development and gender disorders | 6 (0.8%) | |
Obesity | 123 (16.5%) | |
The pituitary gland and hypothalamus | 4 (0.5%) | |
Thyroid gland | 234 (31.5%) | |
Hypothyroidism | 219 | |
hyperthyroidism | 12 | |
Goiter | 2 | |
Thyroid tumors | 1 | |
Adrenal glands disorders | 22 (3%) | |
Adrenal insufficiency | 18 | |
Cushing syndrome | 2 | |
Premature adrenarche | 2 | |
Tests and male reproductive tracts | 3 (0.4%) | |
Ovaries and female reproductive tracts | 3 (0.4%) | |
Glucose and lipid metabolism | 7 (0.9%) | |
Calcium and phosphate metabolism | 117 (15.7%) | |
Hypocalcemia | 26 | |
Hypercalcemia | 2 | |
Rickets | 89 | |
Conditions associated with altered bone mass | 0 | |
Salt and water regulation | 2 (0.3%) | |
Syndromes with endocrine features | 14 (1.9%) | |
Down syndrome | 6 | |
Turner syndrome | 3 | |
Dysmorphic syndromes | 3 | |
Non-dysmorphic syndromes | 2 | |
Mixed endocrine disorders | 4 (0.5%) |