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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2024

Association of screen exposure/sedentary behavior and precocious puberty/early puberty.

Xinyu Wu, Lingmei Wang, Peng Xue, Jingyi Tang, Haodong Wang, Huijun Kong, Cuilan Lin, Bo Chang, Shijian Liu

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Xinyu WuDepartment of Endocrinology, Dalian Women and Children's Medical Group, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Lingmei WangDepartment of Endocrinology, Dalian Women and Children's Medical Group, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Peng XueDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Pediatric Translational Medicine Institute, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Jingyi TangDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Pediatric Translational Medicine Institute, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Haodong WangDepartment of Endocrinology, Dalian Women and Children's Medical Group, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Huijun KongDepartment of Pediatrics, Qufu People's Hospital, Qufu, China.
Cuilan LinDepartment of Children Health Care, Boai Hospital of Zhongshan, Southern Medical University, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China.
Bo ChangDepartment of Endocrinology, Dalian Women and Children's Medical Group, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China.
Shijian LiuDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Pediatric Translational Medicine Institute, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

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Abstract

Background: In recent years, with the development of society, children's daily exposure to screen time has gradually increased. Screen exposure and sedentary behavior have brought a host of harms to children's lives. The aim of this study was to explore the effects of screen exposure and sedentary behavior on precocious puberty and early development. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study in the school-based population. A total of 3,560 children were recruited from Qufu City, Shandong province using multistage stratified cluster random sampling. All study subjects had a physical examination by professional pediatricians in October 2019, and were investigated with health questionnaires. Precocious puberty is defined as development of secondary sexual signs in boys before 9 years or in girls before 8 years. Screen time was calculated as the average of screen time on weekdays and weekend days, and sedentary time was calculated as the average of sedentary time on weekdays and weekend days. After adjusting for potential confounders, logistic regression was used to examine the association between screen exposure and sedentary behavior and early puberty and precocious puberty. Results: Sedentary time was a risk factor for precocious puberty and early development (OR = 1.428, 95% CI = 1.087-1.876) in girls without adjustment. No significant association was found between screen exposure and early puberty and early development both in girls and boys. Conclusions: Excessive sedentary behavior was associated with an increased risk of early puberty, especially in girls, while there was no significant association between screen exposure and early puberty and early development. In addition, further longitudinal investigations are needed to determine the causal relationship between screen exposure, sedentary behavior and precocious puberty.

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early pubertyobesityprecocious pubertyscreen exposuresedentary behavior

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PMID39376675
PMCPMC11456485

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