ESPE Abstracts (2021) 94 P2-172

1Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy; 2Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology Unit, Dept of Women and Child Health, Padova, Italy; 3Endocrine Autoimmune Pathology Unit, Bambino Gesù Hospital – IRCCS, Palidoro (Rome), Italy; 4Metabolic Disorder and Diabetes, "Giovanni XXIII” Children Hospital, Bari, Italy; 5Pediatric Unit, University of Modena e Reggio, Modena, Italy; 6San Raffaele Hospital, Milano, Italy; 7Pediatric Unit, Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo (Foggia), Italy; 8Division of Auxology, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Verbania, Italy


Introduction: Previous studies showed that non-obese children and adults with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) have a low frequency of metabolic syndrome (MetS), while obese ones have a frequency similar to that of non-PWS obese. It is known that individuals born small for gestational age (SGA) have a greater predisposition to the development of MetS. Recent neonatal percentiles of subjects with PWS (Salvatoni et al, Am J Med Genet Part A, 2019) documented a defect in weight of half kg and in length of 1 cm compared to general population. Moreover, females with a 15q11-13 deletion (DEL15) resulted shorter than those with maternal uniparental maternal disomy of chromosome 15 (mUPD15).

Aim of the study: To establish whether PWS SGA subjects, defined on the basis of neonatal PWS’s percentiles, have a greater risk of developing MetS.

Methods: We evaluated the presence of the components of the MetS in 91 PWS subject (32 males), aged 27.6 (5.3) years, with a BMI of 37.6 (16.9); 69 (76%, 28 males) had DEL15 and 22 (24%, 4 males) mUPD15. The patients were divided into two groups according their birth weight SDS (BW-SDS): SGA (BW-SDS <-1.5; n = 17), appropriate for gestational age (AGA) (BW-SDS -0,682/+1,5; n = 74). In accordance with the literature (Alberti at al., Circulation, 2009; 120: 1640-5), we defined subjects with MetS as having three abnormal findings out of the following five parameters: central obesity, high systolic BP and/or diastolic BP, high triglycerides, low HDL-C and raised fasting plasma glucose. We reported median (IQR) of continuous variables. Statistical analysis was performed by chi square and Mann-Whitney test.

Results: On overall SGA and AGA groups showed similar BMI, weight, length and MetS frequency (40%). The prevalence of MetS in SGA-born obese subjects (7/17; 41%) was similar to that of AGA-born obese (28/74; 38%). Obese girls with DEL15 showed significantly lower frequency of MetS than obese girls with mUPD15 (41% vs 67%; P < 0.05).

Conclusion: Birth weight does not seem to significantly affect the frequency of obesity and MetS in young adults with PWS. Obese females with DEL15, who typically have a shorter birth length than mUPD15, appear to have a lower risk of developing MetS. These data would suggest a direct correlation between length at birth and metabolic risk.

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59th Annual ESPE (ESPE 2021 Online)

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