ESPE Abstracts

Background: Childhood obesity has increased in epidemic proportions worldwide. Growing evidence confirms persistent low-grade systemic inflammation in obese individuals. It eventually leads to insulin resistance and endothelial damage, thus setting the ground for the development of metabolic and vascular complications.Aim: To investigate metabolic and inflammatory parameters and their relationship in obese children, by a...

Childhood obesity has increased in epidemic proportions worldwide. Complications of obesity represent a growing proportion of childhood morbidity. Albuminuria resulting from endothelial damage was recognized as a complication of obesity, implying higher cardiovascular risk.Aim: to investigate the association of albuminuria in obese children with metabolic and inflammatory parameters.Materials and Methods:</...

Introduction: Growth without growth hormone (GWGH) is a rare phenomenon described in patients with hypothalamic structural pathology who present a normal growth rate in spite of growth hormone (GH) deficiency and low concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). Possible aetiologies involve hyperinsulinaemia, hyperprolactinaemia or hyperleptinaemia; however, the exact mechanism is still unknown.Objective: We ai...

Background: A combination of GH and a GnRH agonist is sometimes used to improve adult height in children with a poor height prediction, only few studies support this.Study design: In this multicenter study, 24 short girls in early puberty, with a bone age below 12.0 years, an adult height prediction below 151.0 cm and normal body proportions were treated with GH (Zomacton) transjections 50 μg/kg per day and triptorelin (Decapeptyl) i.m. (3.75 mg/mon...