ESPE Abstracts

Background: Despite the metabolic syndrome in pediatrics is a well recognized entity, there is no unanimous consensus on exact value of MS to predict long-term cardiovascular risk. Hepatic Steatosis (HS) is another emerging condition associated to pediatric obesity.Objective and hypotheses: To evaluate the prevalence of MS in a large pediatric obese population, assess the relationship between MS and HS, and evaluating the possible role of HS in defining ...

Background: Nutrition and growth in the postnatal phase seems to have an important role for the future risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. It has been suggested that circulating levels of adiponectin in the first 2 years of life are influenced by type of feeding in small for gestational age.Objective and hypotheses: Aim of our study was to evaluate if total and multimeric adiponectin levels in obese adequate for gestational age...