ESPE Abstracts

Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (DMI) is a chronic disease that requires frequent visits in outpatient pediatric endocrine clinics in order to rearrange their new lives.Objective and hypotheses: A retrospective study of patients with DMI was performed during 2008–2015, assessing epidemiological and clinical data, treatment and subsequent course.Method: We analyzed the incidence, age and gender of 75 patients at the diseas...

Background: Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (fT4) levels in children with obesity vary from normal to elevated. Thyroid hormones influence body weight, heart rate, serum lipids as well as carbonhydrates metabolism.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of current study is to determine the relation between thyroid function in obese and overweight children and clinical-laboratory parameters which have been associated with i...