Social, educational and vocational outcomes in patients with childhood-onset and young-adult-onset growth hormone deficiency

Objective Hypopituitarism diagnosed in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood has the potential to affect growth and somatic development. Less is known about the impact of such a diagnosis on other aspects of development. Design An analysis of the KIMS Database (Pfizer International Metabolic Database) was performed to explore social, educational and vocational outcomes of adult patients diagnosed in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood compared with adult-onset controls. Patients 2952 adult patients diagnosed with hypothalamic pituitary conditions before the age of 25 were divided into 2 group: childhood-onset [