ESPE Abstracts

Background: The worldwide prevalence of pediatric obesity has increased in recent decades, also in East Asia with environmental and lifestyle changes. Due to differences in obesity definitions and country-specific growth charts, direct comparisons of obesity prevalence across countries may not be appropriate. We aimto analyze the changes in weight distribution and the trends and patterns of pediatric obesity in China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan using WHO c...

Background: Congenital combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD) has various clinical presentations and can be caused by genetic defects related to pituitary development. We investigated the clinical features and genetic analysis in Korean patients with congenital CPHD.Method: Among 444 patients diagnosed with CPHD between 1994 and 2021 from Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, 43 patients with congeni...