ESPE Abstracts

Background: Most studies examined immune/inflammatory parameters in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) showing discrepant results and not yield definitive conclusions. A study carried out by our group in 2013 compared meta-immunologic profiles of three groups: high-risk children, newly diagnosed children affected by T1D and controls.Objective and hypotheses: To compare metabolic profile in three groups: children affected by T1D and an additional autoimmune d...

Background: The glucose metabolism derangements (GMD) can have an important impact on nutritional status and respiratory function in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF).Objective and hypotheses: The aim of our study is to evaluate the effects of 4 years of glargine therapy in patients affected by CF and GMD.Method: All CF patients attended to the Center of Cystic Fibrosis of our department were screened by oral glucose tolerance tes...

Background: Adolescence is a critical period of life, and even more if a chronic illness is present like type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). The healthy lifestyle practice is one of the pillars of the T1DM treatment.Objective and hypotheses: To evaluate the association between lifestyle and health related quality of life (HRQoL) in adolescents with T1DM.Method: Lifestyle and HRQoL were evaluated in 69 T1DM adolescents (34 male, mean a...

Aim: To develop a low cost formula as screening tool for identifying youths with overweight/obesity (OW/OB) at risk for impaired glucose tolerance (IGT).Methods and results: A retrospective observational study was performed in 1189 Caucasian youths with OW/OB aged 5-17 years, in whom information about family history for diabetes (FD), fasting glucose (FG), 2-hour glucose levels post-oral glucose tolerance test, alanine a...

Background: Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is the most frequent etiology in Italian diabetic children and adolescents. Data on type 2 (T2D) and monogenic diabetes (MD) prevalence are scanty.Objective and hypotheses: To estimate the prevalence of T1D, T2D, secondary diabetes, and MD in a pediatric population of Italian diabetic patients.Method: Data on 3,076 patients (diabetes onset January 2007–December 2012, age at diagnosis <18 y...

Introduction: Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) is a group of rare endocrine disorders characterized by repeated episodes of hypoglycemia caused by an excessive insulin secretion from the pancreas beta cells. The etiopathogenesis, phenotype, treatment, and prognosis of individual CHI cases are variable and not completely described.Aims: To gather and describe clinical and genetic data about CHI cases diagnosed within the large EuRRECa net...