ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Diabetic nephropathy is the main cause of end-stage renal disease worldwide and can remain asymptomatic for a long time. Urine Albumin-creatinine ratio (uACR) and Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) help to assess the kidney disease in patients with type 1 (T1D) diabetes. Dyslipidemia represents biomarkers of the risk of occurrence of macrovascular complications. The objective was to evaluate the relationship between classic biomarkers of diabetic n...

Introduction: Non-communicable diseases are recognized as a major cause of morbidity in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). There are 21 francophone countries (>100 million speak French) in Sub-Saharan Africa (FSSA). We identified only 19 pediatric endocrinologists in FSSA (37% in Cameroon and Senegal) mostly trained in France or through the successful anglophone “Paediatric Endocrine Training Centers for (West) Africa” (PETC[W]A) offered i...