ESPE Abstracts

Background: Type 1 diabetes is the most common chronic disease in the childhood. As young patients have to live with diabetes most of their lives they have higher risk of complications. HbA1c has been approved as indicator of metabolic compensation in the guidelines. So if we control the level of HbA1c we can predict and avoid the early development of diabetes chronic complication.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of the research was to explore the struc...

Background: Children with different growth disorders need therapy with recombinant human GH. Although mostly therapy leads to good results there are clinical cases when the therapy is not working. One of the reasons is patient’s and patient’s family’s adherence. That’s why it is necessary to explore what are the adherence and its impact on therapy’s outcome. Growth disorders can make an influence to all humans’ life, that’s why if it is possi...

Introduction: Abnormal levels of lipids and lipoproteins are recognized as a prominent cardiovascular risk factor associated with increased morbidity and mortality. In many studies childhood obesity has been shown to be associated with increased levels of total cholesterol (TH), triglycerides (TG), LDL-cholesterol, and decreased levels of HDL-cholesterol.Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of dyslipidemia (abnormal levels of all of ...

Background: Insulin resistance for adolescents with obesity takes up a central role in the development of metabolic comorbidities, especially of type 2 diabetes.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of this study was to compare anthropometric data, apolipoprotein B, glucose, insulin level and HOMA-IR coefficien between genders.Method: Data about anthropometric parameters, blood samples, 6-min walk test (6MWT), eating habits and physica...

Background: Psychological characteristics of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) factor significantly into the effectiveness of disease self-control training. An important part of I-concept of child with DM1, along with internal picture of disease, is internal picture of health (IPH). IPH is an individual’s special attitude towards his/her health, represented by recognizing its value and taking active and positive effort to improve it.<p clas...