• Hale Tuhan, Tülay Öztürk, Gönül Çatlı, Sezer Acar, Ayhan Abacı, Tuğba Egeli, Korcan Demir, Şule Can, Handan Güleryüz, Bumin Dündar, and Ece Böber.
• Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
• Turk J Med Sci. 2021 Aug 30; 51 (4): 1738-1746.

Background/AimWe aimed to determine the presence of subclinical atherosclerosis using carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and biochemical parameters in children and adolescents with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).Materials And MethodsThirty-four patients with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency on regular glucocorticoid treatment for ≥3 years and 31 healthy subjects were included in the study. The patients were divided into two groups according to the degree of control of the clinic, laboratory, and radiological parameters as a) “uncontrolled” [n= 22; with increased height velocity (HV) standard deviation score (SDS) (≥2 SDS), advanced bone age, serum 17-OH progesterone <2.0 and ≥10.0 ng/mL or androstenedione <0.3 and ≥ 3.0 ng/mL] or b) “controlled” [n= 12; with HV SDS < 2, bone age (BA)/ chronologic age (CA) ratio < 1.2, serum 17-OH progesterone between 2 and 10 ng/mL and androstenedione between 0.3 and 3.0 ng/mL]. Ultrasonographic examination of carotid artery was performed by the same radiologist using a B-mode ultrasound system.ResultsThere was no significant difference between the CAH and control groups in terms of median (IQR) CIMT values [0.47 (0.05) mm and 0.47 (0.07) mm, respectively; p > 0.05]. When subgroup comparisons were done in terms of median (IQR) CIMT values, there was no significant difference among the controlled, uncontrolled, and healthy control groups [0.45 (0.03) mm, 0.47 (0.04) mm, 0.47 (0.07) mm, respectively; p> 0.05]. In addition, CIMT levels were similar according to sex and disease control status.ConclusionIn this study, the CIMT values of CAH cases were similar to those of healthy subjects.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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