ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Data on BP in children with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is inconsistent.Aim: To assess the trend in BP throughout childhood using data from the International CAH registry and compare this to normative data from the American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP).Method: This retrospective multi-centre study included 37 centres from 20 countries. BP data was ana...

Objective: There have been very few studies, with contradictory results, on the serum trace elements in children and adolescents presenting with diabetic ketosis and diabetic ketoacidosis due to type-1 diabetes mellitus. The objective of this longitudinal controlled study was to determine serum trace element status including selenium (Se), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), manganese (Mn), chrome (Cr), and cobalt (Co) in type-1 diabetic children and adolescents presenting with diabetic k...

Background: There is still need to define permanent GHD after adult height achievement in young adults with childhood-onset GHD (COGHD).Objective and hypothesis: To reassess GH response during transition.Method: We present the final data of 129 subjects (71M) recruited from a multicenter cross-sectional observational study, in whom anthropometrics, ITT (n=99), GHRH–arginine (n=122), IGF-1 evaluations were und...

The metabolism of several trace elements is altered in diabetes mellitus (DM). The present study investigates serum levels of lipid profile and lipid per-oxidation as well as levels of Mg, Cu, Ni, Co, Mn, Cr, Se, V and Zn, in 72 males with non-insulin-dependent DM (T2DM) and 21 non-diabetic healthy control subjects using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The results showed highly significant increase in serum concentrations of LDL-C, TG and ch...

Background: Children with obesity show differences in brain structure, executive function and appetitive traits when compared to lean peers. Results of imaging studies, however, have been contradictory.Objective and hypotheses: To investigate whether childhood obesity is associated with differences in brain structure and whether differences associate with executive function and appetitive traits.Method: A cross-sectional case-contr...

Introduction: An extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infant is defined as one with a birth weight of less than 1000 g. This study evaluated the postnatal growth of infants born with ELBW for 3 years.Method: Anthropometric measures (z scores) from birth, 2,4.6,12,18,24, and 36 months were measured in 87 randomly selected infants who were born with a birth weight below 1 kg (between 9-2016 and 9-2018). Their anthropometric d...

Background: Diabetes is associated with increased risk of vascular disease. In children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D), clinical manifestations of vascular complications are infrequent; however, a pro-inflammatory state and endothelial disturbance could appear early. A subclinical inflammation state result in increased plasma levels of adhesion molecules, inflammatory cytokines as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), and acute phase proteins as C-reactive prote...

Defects in the specification, migration and/or function of Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons gonadotropin-releasing hormone result in Kallmann Syndrome (KS), a rare genetic disorder characterized by hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia (lack of sense of smell). To identify new molecular causes of KS, we performed a systematic genetic interrogation via whole exome sequencing of KS families. Autosomal dominant loss-of-function mutations in TCF12, a transcription...

Background: Homozygotes for the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs242941 and rs1876828 of the corticotrophin-releasing hormone receptor 1 (CRHR1) gene were previously associated with lower stimulated and basal cortisol levels respectively in asthmatic children on inhaled corticosteroids. Heterozygotes for rs41423247 of the glucocorticoid receptor (NR3C1) gene were found to have higher basal cortisol levels.Objectives</stro...

Background and Aims: MicroRNAs play important regulatory roles in cholesterol homeostasis and endothelial dysfunction. The aim of present study was to characterize the expression of miRNAs in overweight/obese adolescents and to identify the possible correlation with metabolic profile and inflammatory biomarkers.Methods: 79 overweight and obese adolescents aged 13.0±2.0 years and 28 normal weight adolescents aged 13....