ESPE Abstracts

Background: Increasing prevalence of obesity requires improvement in current therapeutic approaches. Multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention programs involving both children and their parents are showing promising results.Aim: To compare the efficacy of family-based multidisciplinary program with standard weight loss counseling program in obese children.Methods: The intervention group consisted of 119 obese children with BMI 85 kg...

Background: Nonclassical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NCCAH) due to mild 21-hydroxylase deficiency is caused by mutations of the CYP21A2 gene located on chromosome 6p21.3.Objective and hypotheses: To determine cut-off for basal and stimulated 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) levels, to evaluate CYP21A2 gene mutations frequency among Croatian NCCAH patients, to determine correlation between 17-OHP levels and genotype and to evaluate co...