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Adrenarche may accelerate bone maturation and thereby result in decreased growth in CAH.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study aimed to analyze the impact of growth during adrenarche on final height of adequately treated classic CAH patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This retrospective, multicenter study (4 academic pediatric endocrinology centers) included 41 patients with classical CAH, born 1990-2012. We assessed skeletal maturation (bone age), growth velocity, and (projected) adult height outcomes, and analyzed potential influencing factors, such as sex, genotype, and glucocorticoid therapy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients with classic CAH were shorter than peers (\u22120.4 SDS\u2005\u00b1\u20050.8 SD) and their parents (corrected final height \u22120.6 SDS\u2005\u00b1\u20051.0 SD). Analysis of growth during adrenarche revealed 2 different growth patterns: patients with accelerating bone age (49%), and patients with nonaccelerating bone age relative to chronological age (BA-CA). Patients with accelerating BA-CA were taller than the normal population during adrenarche years (P\u2005=\u20050.001) and were predicted to achieve lower adult height SDS (\u22120.9 SDS [95% CI, \u22121.3; \u22120.5]) than nonaccelerating patients when assessed during adrenarche (0.2 SDS [95% CI, \u22120.3; 0.8]). Final adult height was similarly reduced in both accelerating and nonaccelerating BA-CA groups (\u22120.4 SDS [95% CI, \u22120.9; 0.1] vs \u22120.3 SDS [95% CI, [\u22120.8; 0.1]).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients with and without significant bone age advancement, and thus differing height prediction during adrenarche, showed similar (predicted) final height when reassessed during pubertal years. 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