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:</...

Background: Co-occurrence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) and autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) denote variant of autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 3 (APS3v). Thyroid autoimmunity in T1D was widely studied, but a few studies examined β-cell autoimmunity among AITD patients. Several susceptibility genes for APS3v have been identified: HLA class II, CTLA-4 and PTPN22 gene.Objective and hypotheses: To investigate β-cell autoimmunity and genetic poly...