title: Overestimation of final height prediction in patients with classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia using the Bayley and Pinneau method.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A typical growth pattern with decreased pubertal growth spurt has been identified in patients with classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the accuracy of final height predictions in patients with CAH using the Bayley and Pinneau (B&P) method.
  
  
  METHODS
  Using growth and final height data of 92 patients (57 F/35 M) with CAH due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (38 SV/54 SW), final height predictions with the B&P method were compared to actual final heights.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In females, mean final height was 159.9 +/- 5.3 cm (-1.0 +/- 0.7 SDS) compared to predicted mean final height of 167.9 +/- 10.7 cm (+0.5 +/- 1.7 SDS), p < 0.001, overestimation 7.3 +/- 9.5 cm. In males, mean final height was 170.1 +/- 6 cm (-1.2 +/- 0.8 SDS) compared to predicted mean final height of 185.6 +/- 13.4 cm (+1.2 +/- 1.9 SDS), p < 0.001, overestimation 13.9 +/- 10.8 cm.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In classical CAH, final height prediction using the B&P method results in significant overestimation of final height.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Technische Universität München, Parzivalstr. 16, 0-80804 Munich, Germany. walter.bonfig@lrz.tum.de
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bonfig
authors.forename: Hans Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Schwarz
mesh_terms: D000312:Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton / Q000379:methods; D001827:Body Height / Q000502:physiology; D001837:Body Weights and Measures / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000379:methods*