ESPE Abstracts

Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short non-coding RNAs that repress target gene expression via post-transcriptional mechanisms.Objective and hypotheses: To study the expression of miRNA-25, miRNA-216, miRNA-21, miRNA-93, miRNA-377 in a sample of 100 type 1 diabetic patients with and without microalbuminuria to probe their role in development of diabetic nephropathy.Methods: Hundred type 1 diabetic patients, 50 with microalbuminur...

Background: Patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), due to 21 hydroxylase (OH) deficiency may develop an adverse cardiovascular risk profile as reported by few previous studies.Objective and Hypotheses: Blood pressure (BP) and echo parameters in children with CAH due to 21-OH deficiency were evaluated.Method: This cross-sectional study included 53 children. BP, echocardiographic left ventricular functions as well as gro...

Background: Tissue Doppler echocardiography can predict early stages and progression of diabetic cardiac changes; especially ventricular dysfunction, a complication that adversely affect the quality of life and prognosis of the disease.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of this study was to assess systolic and diastolic functions of both ventricles in type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients by conventional and Tissue Doppler echocardiography, and to correlate card...

Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a common, life-threatening complication of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Insulin deficiency impairs lipoprotein lipase (LPL) resulting in elevated serum triglycerides (TG) that usually normalize after establishing IV insulin.Objectives: To study the prevalence of hypertriglyceridemia during DKA in T1D patients and assess its relation to DKA severity and glycemic control after 3 months.Methodology...

Background: It was suggested that vitamin D has both direct and indirect effects on modifying the lipid profile in patients with diabetes through its regulatory action that increases the activity of lipoprotein lipase in adiposity.Objective and hypotheses: To detect the relationship between serum 25(OH) D and lipid profiles in patients with T1D and dyslipidemia and to study the effect of vitamin D supplementation on lipid profiles of vitamin D deficient ...

Background: Many epidemiological studies have found high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in children with type 1-diabetes mellitus (T1D). 1,25(OH)2D is a potent immune-modulator that also enhances the production and secretion of several hormones, including insulin. The association of low serum 1,25(OH)2D levels with high glucose level and diminished insulin sensitivity suggests that vitamin D may modulate insulin metabolism.Aim and objectives: To scre...

FDA licensed the use of human recombinant growth hormone (hGH) in girls with Turner Syndrome (TS) in 1997 as short stature is a consistent feature of this syndrome.Objective: we aimed to assess our 1-year experience of treating short girls with TS, to calculate their growth velocity, to analyze the patients’ characteristics and to investigate the possible factors that might affect their height gain.Me...

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had wide effects on child health globally. Increased prevalence of childhood obesity has been observed during the pandemic. The absence of a formal societal lockdown during the pandemic, made Sweden stand out compared to other countries. Several studies have shown increases in obesity in children during the COVID-19 pandemic. These studies mainly focused on school age children and adolescents in countries that underwent pe...

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) patients have a higher frequency of obesity, visceral adiposity, hyperinsulinism, insulin resistance and hyperandrogenism. There is increasing evidence that low vitamin D status is associated with impaired β-cell function, insulin resistance and impaired glucose tolerance.Objectives: This pilot aimed to determine the status of serum 25 (OH) D levels in CAH female patients who are followed up in Diabetes Endocrine...

Background and Aims: The most effective environmental factor that affect longitudinal growth is nutrition, but the exact composition and the relative benefits of specific dietary proteins in supporting linear growth is unknown. In the current study, we compared the effect of whey and soy proteins on linear growth and bone strength in young fast growing male rats. Both proteins contain all essential amino acids and are considered the best proteins in their cate...