ESPE Abstracts

Background: Recent studies have suggested a role of IGF1 as a candidate prognostic marker for cardiometabolic complications of obesity.Objective: To investigate the relationship between IGF1 serum levels and both biochemical and metabolic parameters as well as body composition in a cohort of obese children.Methods: obese subjects (130F/157M), aged 11.2±2.7 years, were studied. Anthropometry, biochemical and metabolic parameter...

Background: Low birth weight is associated with cardiometabolic risk in adulthood. To date, there is no evidence of a relationship between birth length and metabolic risk.Objective and hypotheses: To evaluate the relationship between birth size and risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in obese children.Method: 41 obese children were studied (23 females/18 males, 13.2±1.26 years). All patients underwent anthropometric, biochemical...

Background: Children born small for gestational age (SGA) are at risk for metabolic syndrome (MetS) as adults and show a higher prevalence of MetS components.Objective and hypotheses: To define the association between low birth weight and the presence of MetS in a cohort of obese Italian children and adolescents.Method: The presence of MetS was studied in a cohort of obese (BMI >90th centile) children and adolescents consisting...