A Bayesian Approach to Diagnose Growth Hormone Deficiency in Children: Insulin-Like Growth Factor Type 1 Is Valuable for Screening and IGF-Binding Protein Type 3 for Confirmation

Conclusion: IGF-1-SDS is a useful screening tool in the diagnosis of GHD. Although IGFBP-3-SDS lacks sensitivity, its high specificity supports the role to confirm GHD in short children, especially in early childhood. This strategy could simplify and reduce the necessity of a second laborious and expensive GH stimulation test to confirm the diagnosis of GHD.Horm Res Paediatr
Source: Hormone Research in Paediatrics - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research