Obesity is a risk factor for central precocious puberty: a case-control study

• Main Authors: Gaiyan Liu (Author), Jinxin Guo (Author), Xuejing Zhang (Author), Yu Lu (Author), Junjie Miao (Author), Hongmei Xue (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Obesity is an important underlying cause of central precocious puberty (CPP), but previous large studies are flawed by using just age and breast examination to diagnose CPP. We aimed to determine whether overweight and obesity in childhood increases hormonally diagnosed CPP. Meth...