ESPE Abstracts

Background: According to the World Health Organization, the social determinants of health, the conditions in which people are born, grow, live and work – significantly influences on health. The CAF Foundation, the Endocrinology Scientific Center and the Institute for Family Health under the Alfa-Endo Program studied prevalence of some social determinants in families of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.Objective and hypotheses: Investigate soci...

The glycemic variability (GV) - is the scope of changes in blood glucose levels for a certain period of time. In patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 (DM1), GV are more pronounced, especially in children. The aim: analyze the glycemic variability in children with diabetes mellitus.Materials and methods: 126 children aged from 6 to 17 years with duration from DM 16 years were examined. Investigated: glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), insulin ...

Background: Patients with Turner’s syndrome (TS) develop osteoporosis, resulting from chromosomal deficiency and estrogen deficiency by gonadal dysgenesis.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of this study was to assess bone mineral density (BMD) and parameters of bone remodeling during somatropin therapy in prepubertal girls with TS.Population and/or methods: We examined 22 girls with TS of the age of 11–15 years (the mean ...

Background: Diurnal glycaemic variability has a direct impact on the formation of chronic complications of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in children.Aim: To clinically assess the function of the cardiovascular system depending on the diurnal glycaemic variability in children with T1DM.Material and methods: The study involved 65 children (30 girls and 35 boys) aged 4–17 years (mean age – 11+0.4 years old) with T1DM durat...

Influence of anthropometric indices at birth on obesity characteristics in school-age children Latyshev D. Yu., Lobanov Yu. F.? Latyshev O. Yu. *, Karkova T.A. Altai State Medical University, Barnaul * Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education. Moscow Keywords: obesity, children, body length, body mass index Objective: To study the relationship between anthropometric data at birth and the course of obesity in school-age children. Materials and metho...

Introduction: To date, there are no clear indications for surgical treatment of nodular goiter in children. Current scheme of diagnostic evaluation thyroid nodules in children is not always justified. A number of patients either go to the removal of thyroid remnants when a carcinoma is found in the histological examination and the need for radioiodine therapy, or are at risk of surgery if the results of the final histology show that the disease is benign.<p class="abstext"...

Background: TransCon hGH is a long-acting prodrug of recombinant human growth hormone (hGH) that releases fully active unmodified hGH into the blood compartment. This presentation will detail the final safety and efficacy results of TransCon hGH in a Phase 2 study in children with GHD over a treatment period of six months.Objective and hypotheses: The objective of this Phase 2 study in GHD was to investigate 1) safety and tolerability, 2) pharmacokinetic...

Objective and hypotheses: To study the lipid metabolism in children with diabetes type 1.Method: It was included 44 children (33 girls), the average age – 10.2±3.3 years. Patients were divided: group 1 (less than 5 years) – 23 children (17 girls), mean age 9.8±3.6, the average length of diabetes 2.08±1.5 years. The second (over 5 years) – 21 children (16 girls), mean age of 11.6±2.4, the average length – 7.5±1...

Background and aims: To study the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components (impaired fasting and after overload glucose, type 2 diabetes mellitus, low cholesterol HDL, and high triglycerides) in children with obesity.Methods: This research includes 550 (65.8% boys) children, recruited from Pediatric Endocrinology Department, with abdominal obesity. We measured BMI, waist circumference, blood pressure with standard instrumentation and glucose (...

Objective: The aim of this study were to investigate the level of inhibin B and its relationship with testosterone, anti-Müllerian factor, basal, and GnRH-stimulated gonadotropin hormones (LH and FSH) concentration in boys with constitutional delay of puberty.Material and methods: In the study were included 15 boys (mean age 14.5±1.6 years) in Tanner stages 1–2. The investigation consists of genital examination with prader orchidometer, de...