ESPE Abstracts

Background: Accumulated evidence indicates that the GH-IGF-1 pathway might be one of the crucial mechanisms of ISS. Insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) is the effector molecule that regulates the cascade reaction of hormone receptors in the GH–IGF-1 axis.Objective and hypotheses: To investigate the role of IGF-1R gene polymorphisms with regard to susceptibility to Idiopathic short stature risk in the Chinese population of Jiangxi area.</p...

Object: To analyze the clinical and genetic characteristics of primary hypoparathyroidism in children from two children's hospitals in China.Methods: This study includes 47 patients (26 males, 21 females), who were diagnosed with primary hypoparathyroidism in Children's Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine from January 2015 to November 2022. We ...

Several observational studies have reported vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). The investigation of VDD in children with new onset T1DM in China is lacking. The current study aimed to assess vitamin D status and examine the factors that influence VDD in children with new onset T1DM in Henan Province, China. Children with new onset T1DM (n=280) and healthy controls (n=710) were enrolled in Henan Province. Demographic a...