ESPE Abstracts

Aims: To investigate the prevalence of diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN), cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) and sudomotor dysfunction in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes using bedside modalities. Secondly, to evaluate the co-existence of these types of diabetes neuropathies.Methods: Cross-sectional study including 221 children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. DPN was assessed by vibration sensation thresho...

Background and Aim: Several genetic variants associating with hepatic fat content in adults have been identified in genome-wide association studies. Their effects in children remain unclear. This study aimed to test the effect of genetic variants known to associate with hepatic fat in adults, individually and combined as a genetic risk score (GRS), on cardiometabolic traits, and to investigate the predictive ability of the GRS for hepatic steatosis in children...