ESPE Abstracts

Context: Osteocalcin is a bone formation marker that has recently sparked interest for its endocrine involvement in glucose homeostasis and obesity. Nevertheless, its natural pattern during infancy and early childhood remains unknown.Objectives: We established reference values for total serum osteocalcin during specific timepoints from birth until five years of age, and presented these in the context of covariates.<p...

Background: Osteocalcin, a metabolic active hormone, correlates to bone formation and inversely to BMI and waist circumference in adults.Objectives: To investigate whether osteocalcin in infancy and early childhood is related to childhood growth or body composition.Methods: A Swedish longitudinal birth cohort of 551 children, gathered blood samples from birth until 5 years of age t...