ESPE Abstracts

Background: Neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) is influenced by several factors. But the effects are not consistent but different depending on subjects and kind of blood sample.Objective and hypotheses: This study was to evaluate the effect of neonatal, maternal, and delivery factors on neonatal TSH of healthy newborns.Method: Medical records of 713 healthy infants born through normal vaginal delivery were reviewed. TSH lev...

Introduction: Osteoporosis is medical condition commonly associated with immobilization in children, which can lead to a vicious cycle of disability, worsening osteoporosis, and recurrent fractures. Currently, bisphosphonates are widely used as a standard therapy in children with osteoporosis, but there are limited data on efficacy according to its dosage and duration. We aimed to evaluate efficacy of bisphosphonate treatment according to the dosage and durati...

Background: Suboptimal glycaemic control in type 1 diabetes, measured by HbA1c, increases the risk for long-term complications.Aims and objectives: To calculate and compare glycaemic control in children with Type 1 Diabetes in Malta in 2013 and 2014. To identify any need to change the way services are structured and delivered.Methods: Almost all diabetic children less than 16 years of age in Malta fall under the same paediatric dia...

Objectives: Dyslipidemia begins and continues in youth and is a major risk factor for adult-onset cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and trend of dyslipidemia in Korean youth and its trends for 10 years.Methods: Study subjects were Korean youth aged 10-18 years who participated in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). A total of 7,466 eligible p...

Background: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a disease inherited by autosomal recessive manner and one of the most common congenital metabolic disorders. The incidence of CAH has been reported mainly through neonatal screening tests, mostly for 21-OHD. It is reported that 21-OHD occurs one in 15,000 people per year. However, there are few studies on all types of CAH incidence including 21-OHD. CAH is a rare disease, studies on large populations are needed to identify a ...

Background: The current standard method to diagnose central precocious puberty(CPP) is gonadotropin releasing hormone stimulation test (GnRHST). But, it is inconvenient for children because of time-consuming and multiple samples. This study aimed to present utility of morning basal luteinizing hormone (LH) for the screening of central precocious puberty with emphasis on the influence of diurnal variation.Methods: This study is a retrospective review of 1...

Background: Prediabetes often precedes type 2 diabetes, which is associated with obesity and increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) has been recently recommended as a useful tool for the diagnosis of diabetes and prediabetes.Objective and hypotheses: We investigated whether prediabetes according to HbA1c was associated with cardiometabolic risk factors in Korean children and adolescents.Method:...

Introduction: Thyroid hormone is known as greatly influence on growth and development in fetuses and newborns. If the detection of the disease is delayed, hypothyroidism can cause irreversible damage, so early detection and treatment is very important. Hypothyroidism can be divided into permanent and temporary cases depending on the duration of treatment, but there is no predictor that can completely differentiate those two. However, as genes related to hypoth...

Background: The Korean National Health Insurance Service has started reimbursing the cost of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in type 1 diabetes (T1D) in 2019. We investigated the effect of CGM use on glycemic control among Korean children, adolescents, and young adults with T1D in a real-world setting.Method: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of childhood-onset T1D patients aged < 30 years (n</em...

Objectives: Diabetes in children and young adults is increasing worldwide. However, the study of change in fasting glucose among general pediatric and young adult population was lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate the secular trend of fasting plasma glucose (FPG) levels in non-diabetic Korean youth and young adults and to evaluate the change in the proportion of impaired fasting glucose (IFG).Methods: Study subjects were Korean youth aged 1...