ESPE Abstracts

Background: Thallassemia is a genetic disease with recessive autosomal pattern of inheritance which occurs as a result of disorders in hemoglobin structure clinicians assess endocrine function in patients with thallassemia in various intervals and distinguishing appropriate time for assessment can decrease the mentioned complications and promote their health.Objective and hypotheses: We aimed to investigate the prevalence of hypothyroidism and the relati...

Background: Thallassemia is a genetic disease with recessive autosomal pattern of inheritance which occurs as a result of disorders in hemoglobin structure clinicians assess endocrine function in patients with thallassemia in various intervals and distinguishing appropriate time for assessment can decrease the mentioned complications and promote their health, we aimed to investigate the prevalence of hypothyroidism and the relation between thyroid hormones and ferritin in pati...

Aim: A decline in the age at menarche has been reported in recent years in several well-off populations. The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has increased during the last decades with some levelling off during the last years. The aim of the present study was to study the association between parameters of overweight and menarche in Norway.Material: Cross-sectional data from The Bergen Growth Study, collected in 2003–2006 from 4016 girl...

Objective: Obesity is associated with bone age (BA) advancement of unclear etiology. In animal study, insulin may directly modulate skeletal growth. Our objective was to investigate the association with BA maturation and insulin levels in children with overweight and obesity.Methods: In this cross-sectional study of 42 prepubertal children, anthropometric data and hormonal values during oral glucose tolerance test were measured. Subjects were divided int...

Objective: To evaluate cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in type 1 Diabetics and to detect its relation to coronary artery calcification.Patients and methods: It is a cross sectional study included 62 diabetics and 30 controls. Clinical, laboratory assessment and 24 h holter were done for all patients and controls and coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring by multisclice CT was done for all patients only. t-test, Mann–Whitney U-test ...

Background: Inflammatory markers in obesity with metabolic syndrome (MS) have been postulated to be associated with development of CVS diseases in adults.Objective: To study inflammatory marker levels in obese children.Method: A cross-sectional study of obese children was conducted. Children with history of endogenous obesity, chronic diseases, drug ingestion/any acute illnesses within two weeks prior to enrolment were excluded. Fa...

Background: BMI has a negative impact on spontaneous and stimulated GH secretion in children, but the impact of BMI and free fatty acids (FFA) on peak stimulated GH values in Han children with short stature is unknown.Objective and hypotheses: To assess the effects of BMI and FFA on peak GH values in Han children with short stature.Method: This was a retrospective, cross-sectional study. We used arginine–clonidine test to anal...

Background: Neonatal hypoglycaemia is an emergency condition requiring immediate treatment to prevent serious outcomes. Today blood glucose meter is a current methods for detecting blood glucose in health centre of our country.Objective and hypotheses: To determine the accuracy of blood glucose meter in comparison to laboratory method in detecting neonatal hypoglycaemia.Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the neonat...

Background: Xenoestrogens are artificial oestrogen compounds, found in our environment throughout various chemical products, and claimed to affect the process of early puberty among young females.Objective and hypotheses: To investigate the relationship between exposure to xenoestrogen products and early pubertal sex development.Method: Cross-sectional study conducted in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in July 2014 (n=568), pubertal ...

Background: Turner syndrome (TS) can manifest with various clinical features depending on the karyotype and the genetic background of affected subjects.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of this study was to evaluate growth parameters from birth to adulthood in girls with TS in a cross-sectional study.Method: A total of 842 patients, with an age of diagnosis ranging from birth to 18 years followed-up between 1984 and 2014, from 35 d...