For example, a 62-pound, 50-inch tall, 8-year-old girl has a BMI of 17.5, which puts her at the 77th percentile for age. This is a healthy weight for her age and her parents should expect future weight gains to keep her BMI-for-age tracking along the 77th percentile as she gets older.
antipsychotic agents to cause hyperprolactinaemia is related to their potency in antagonising DA-2 receptors on the anterior pituitary. The patients greatest at risk are young women pre-puberty, due to HPG dysfunction
Causes of high prolactin levels (known as hyperprolactinemia) include such things as pregnancy, breastfeeding, and a prolactinoma or other type of pituitary tumor. Certain medications (such as trifluoperazine) and hypothyroidism are also possible causes of high prolactin levels.