ESPE Abstracts

Background & Purpose: Vitamin D is essential for bone and calcium metabolism, and a deficiency of this nutrient can lead to rickets and hypocalcemia. A 25 hydroxy-vitamin D (25OHD) value below 12 ng/mL (30 nmol/L) has been established by global consensus on the basis of several studies as constituting vitamin D deficiency. For example, (1) the incidence of nutritional rickets can increase at a 25OHD concentration of less than 12 ng/mL; (2) PTH increases wh...

Introduction: Pediatric obesity is a global public health problem that is associated with severe cardiometabolic consequences. Weight management interventions focusing on lifestyles have shown some promising results, but attrition rates are often high and reasons for dropout are poorly understood.Objectives: We aimed toestimate the prevalence, and identify the determinants of attrition among pediatric participants in the first year of a 2-year lifestyle ...

Background: Vitamin D is a pleiotropic hormone the deficiency of which is related with extraskeletal manifestations such as insulin resistance and cardiovascular risk disease.Objective and hypotheses: To investigate the levels of VitaminD in a sample of children with obesity and to evaluate the relationship between carbohydrate metabolism and metabolic syndrome (MS).Method: In this prospective cross-sectional study, 189 children ag...

Background: Hypocalcemia is a common metabolic disorder in the neonatal period and may involve life-threatening situations. The aim is to analyze the main causes of hypocalcemia and its management.Objective and hypotheses: The aim is to analyze the main causes of hypocalcemia and its management.Method: Retrospective descriptive study by reviewing reports of 75 patients diagnosed of neonatal hypocalcemia (total Ca <7.6 mg/dl and...

Background: 1 000 million people worldwide presenting vitamin D deficiency in children prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in certain regions described up to 80%, especially at high latitudes (above 37). Has been postulated role of vitamin D in the immune system and in clinical variability DM1.Objective and hypotheses: To study the degree of deficit VITD in our population (Location: 42° 51’north latitude 2° 41’west longitude) with DM1 ...

Introduction: Vitamin D may be considered as a hormone of prohormone of pleiotropic effects. Seasonal variability of insolation affects its synthesis in humans. In our latitude, vitamin D deficiency is widespread. In 2018, updated recommendations for vitamin D supplementation were published in Poland by Rusi&nacute;ska et al. In 2020, SARS-CoV-2 pandemic lockdown was introduced, with suggestions of protective anti-viral vitamin D role.<p class="ab...

Background: There is high prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) as reported in literature. However, it is uncertain whether VDD is a cause or effect of HT. The effect L-thyroxine replacement on vitamin D levels in children with HT has not been studied.Objective and hypotheses: To study vitamin D level of newly diagnosed children with HT and to observe the change in vitamin D level after L-thyroxine therapy.<p c...

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different doses of vitamin D supplementation on androgen levels in adolescent girls who were treated with metformin.Method: 45 adolescent girls diagnosed with hyperandrogenism were divided into the 3 different groups according to the treatment scheme. Patients treated with metformin (850 mg / day oral)(n = 15), metformin and vitamin D drops (2,000 IU / day)(<em...

Objectives: Vitamin D deficiency is an important health problem in pregnant women and their infants in sunny countries. The present study evaluated serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D3) concentrations in pregnant women and in their newborns and determined the risk factors in LSES cities in Turkey.Methods: Ninety-seven pregnant women and their newborns were included in the study between December 2012 and February 2013. All of the pregnant women had irregu...

Introduction: Childhood obesity is an international pandemic which affects 13% of Canadian youth, and is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in children. While the optimal approach to treat pediatric obesity remains elusive, comprehensive and intensive behavioral interventions which leverage the child’s living environment in order to promote improvements in healthy lifestyles appear promising. The CIRCUIT program (Centre Pédiatrique d’Intervent...