ESPE Abstracts

Background: To update the ongoing debate about the use of universal strict vs (local) national intrauterine growth charts, we compared the prevalence of small and large-for-gestational-age (SGA/LGA) infants according to international charts and national growth data.Methods: We classified singleton births from 33 to 42 weeks of gestation in 2016 and 2019 from Qatar (n = 92431), SGA (birthweight <10th percentil...

Introduction: Large for date (LGA) infants may have a higher tendency to become obese and tall. Catch-up and/or catch-down in linear growth, defined as an increase or decrease in length for age Z score (LAZ) by > 0.67 SD during the infantile period, may affect this tendency. Additionally, head circumference is well correlated with brain growth.Aim: We evaluated the prevalence of tall stature (LAZ > 1 and> 2) and...

Introduction: Small size at birth is only a proxy for the pathological process of intrauterine growth restriction.Aim: To study the effect of different birth weights on postnatal growth.Method: We studied the linear growth of 59 infants who were born preterm (GA = 33.5 +/- 2.2 weeks) with birth weight >1.5 < 2.5 kg) for two years. They were classified at birth into two groups...

Suboptimal head growth in utero and in early neonatal life may affect linear growth and weight gain during infancy. We studied linear growth and weight gain of 56 preterms (GA = 33.5 +/- 2.2 weeks) with birth weight >1.5 < 2.5 kg) for two years. They were classified at birth into two groups (group 1 with HCZ <-1) (relatively small head for GA) (35 +/- 2 weeks) and group 2 with HCZ > -1 (GA = 33 +/- 1.7 weeks)Results: Preterm ...

We analyzed the effect of having different BMI and BMI SDS, if any, on linear growth (HtSDS) in a cohort of prepubertal children (n = 102) in different BMI categories. In addition, we studied the effect of weight changes on linear growth in a randomly selected group of underweight children after nutritional rehabilitation (NR).Subjects and Methods: All prepubertal children between 1 and 9 years presented to the general pediatric clin...

Abstract: We report the effect of different forms of dysglycemia on the occurrence of neonatal hypoglycemia in a large cohort of pregnant women studied as a part of a PEARL-Peristat Study, funded by QNRF- Doha-QatarMethods: Out of 12255 pregnant women screened during 2016-2017, 3027 women were identified with gestational diabetes (GDM) (WHO criteria) and 233 were diabetic (DM) before pregnancy. All dysglycemic women were...

Introduction: Several factors contribute to the risk of neonatal macrosomia (NM) and its associated hypoglycemia (NH) in pregnant women.Objective: To determine the prevalence of NM and its association with NH in a large cohort of normoglycemic and dysglycemic women.Methods: Out of 12255 pregnant women screened during 2016-2017, 3027 women were identified with gestational diabetes (...

We analyzed the clinical data and the growth parameters of 50 newborns and young infants (age: 1.6 ± 0.9 months) admitted to our hospital (Al Wakhra Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Doha, Qatar), between 1-1-2016 to 1-1-2017, with acute meningitis. Anthropometric measurements included weight, length, and head circumference. Length SDS (L-SDS) and body-mass-index (BMI) were calculated and recorded at every clinic visit, every 3 months for 8 ± 2 months.<p class=...

We evaluated the final height and the endocrine complications encountered in young adult patients with Thalassemia Intermedia (TI) followed at Hematology Section, Doha (Qatar) in relation to the liver iron content (LIC) in non-transfused versus infrequently transfused TI patients.Patients and Methods: This retrospective cohort study was performed on 28 young adults with TI who were randomly selected from the Hematology clinic, National C...

Introduction: The overall age-adjusted incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1DM) varied from 0.1/100,000 per year in China and Venezuela to 36.8/100,000 per year in Sardinia and 36.5/100,000 per year in Finland. This represents a 350-fold variation in the incidence among the 100 populations Worldwide. In the early 1990s, T2DM it was representing about 3 percent only of pediatric diabetes in the United States, but by 2003, T2DM reached about 20 percent of pediatric diabetes.<p cl...