Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: To assess bone mineral density (BMD) and body composition in adults with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH).Setting: Endocrine clinics in seventeen centres throughout the UK participating in CaHASE, a Society for Endocrinology project.Study design and subjects: Cross-sectional survey of 203 adults with CAH (65 men, 138 women: median age 33 (range 18–70) years). Hundred and sixty six patients were classified as cl...

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) represents the most common inborn metabolic error and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. There is a paucity of clinical data in adult patients, a lack addressed by congenital adrenal hyperplasia adult study executive (CaHASE), a multicentre cross-sectional study of the health status of adults with CAH that recruited 203 patients from 17 centres (54% of patients contacted). Psychometric evaluation was assessed by validat...