ESPE Abstracts

Purpose: To examine the association of Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) with metabolic parameters of childhood obesity and assess its relationship with the presence of metabolic syndrome (MetS)Methods: A cross-sectional study of total 307 children and adolescents referred for growth assessment was performed. Subjects were divided into three groups based on body mass index (BMI) percent...

Purpose: We investigated the difference of body mass index (BMI) score before and after gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) treatment in central precocious puberty girls (CPP).Methods: Medical records of 188 girls with CPP treated with GnRHa were reviewed. All patients completed the therapy. The patients were categorized into two groups according to initial BMI; normal weight group (BMI < 85 percentile) an...

Purpose: This study aimed to analyze growth patterns during the first two years after birth according to the birth weight and length percentile in children born preterm, and to investigate factors affecting postnatal growth of these children.Methods: Eighty-two preterm neonates with a gestational age below 37 weeks who followed up until 24 months of corrected age (CA) were retrospectively reviewed. Length, weight and hea...

This study aimed to compare cut-off points corrected for age and gender (CCOP) with fixed cut-off points (FCOP) for fasting plasma insulin and homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) for the diagnosis of IR in Korean obese children and adolescents and to identify IR applying CCOP and FCOP using as outcome the presence of dyslipidemia and Metabolic syndrome (MetS).We performed a cross sectional analysis of data from 195 adolescents aged ...

Purpose: To investigate overall characteristics of glucose intolerance in childhood survivors of hematologic diseases and suggest risk factors which increase A1c (glycated hemoglobin) level.Methods: Based on a retrospective review of 394 children who were diagnosed with acute leukemia or aplastic anemia between 2015 and 2016 under the age of 15, glucose intolerance was observed in 14 patients. A definition of glucose intolerance was A1c above 5.7%. Auxol...