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Twenty patients received GnRH analogue (GnRHa) treatment and completed a 6-month follow up. We measured luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), estradiol, prolactin, progesterone, testosterone, and human chorionic gonadotropin in the first morning voided urine samples.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Their urinary LH levels and the ratios of LH to FSH increased significantly with the advancement in Tanner stages. uLH levels were positively associated with basal and peak LH levels in the serum after GnRH stimulation. A cutoff value of 1.74 IU\/L for uLH reached a sensitivity of 69.4% and a specificity of 75.3% in predicting a positive GnRHST result. For the combined threshold (uLH \u2265 1.74 + uLH-to-uFSH ratio &amp;gt; 0.4), the specificity reached 86.6%. After 3 months of GnRHa therapy, the uLH and uFSH levels decreased accordingly.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>uLH could be a reliable biomarker for initial CPP diagnosis and screening; uLH could also be an effective marker for evaluating the efficacy of clinical treatment.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1210\/clinem\/dgab448","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,23]],"date-time":"2021-06-23T13:35:06Z","timestamp":1624455306000},"page":"e4520-e4530","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["The Use of Morning Urinary Gonadotropins and Sex Hormones in the Management of Early Puberty in Chinese Girls"],"prefix":"10.1210","volume":"106","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0492-8514","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shumin","family":"Zhan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Children\u2019s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for 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