Longitudinal antimullerian hormone and its correlation with pubertal milestones.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the changes in AMH levels longitudinally over time and their relationship with both body composition, particularly abdominal adiposity, and milestones of pubertal development in female children.

Design

Secondary analysis of a prospective, longitudinal study.

Setting

University affiliated research center and laboratories.

Patients

Eighty-nine females were examined between 1990 and 2015 to study child growth and development.

Interventions

Demographic, anthropometric, growth, and pubertal milestone data with serum samples stored and subsequently analyzed for AMH.

Main outcome measures

Longitudinal change in AMH and predicted AMH levels based on body composition, age, and pubertal milestones including, pubarche, thelarche, and men

SUBMITTER: Smith MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8267383 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature