ESPE Abstracts

Background: The prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing all over the world and leading to an increase in obesity-related health problems such as adult obesity, cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and depression. There is no nationwide systematic study investigating obesity trends in Turkish children.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among school age children, to compare the...

Background: P450 oxidoreductase (POR) deficiency is a rare cause of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) with a wide spectrum of clinical phenotypes including glucocorticoid deficiency, difference/disorder of sex development (DSD), skeletal malformations, and Antley-Bixler syndrome. We describe the clinical and molecular characteristics of a large cohort with POR deficiency with long-term data.Methods: The medical record...