ESPE Abstracts

Methods: We performed retrospective study using database of the patients with congenital hypothyroidism treated with or without Levo-Thyroxine at Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, from January 1998 to February 2016. Their ages, birth weights, gestational ages, symptoms, ages at diagnosis and treatment were recorded. We measured TSH, free thyroxine (FT4), triiodothyronine (TT3) levels at diagnosis and treatment, and those levels at one, two and three months after treatment. Thy...

Background: Recently, the American Diabetes Association introduced HbA1c test for diagnosing diabetes with a cut point of ≥6.5% in addition to criteria based on glucose levels.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between plasma glucose (fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and 2-h plasma glucose after an OGTT (2-h OGTT)) and HbA1c for diagnosing diabetes in Korean children.Method: A total of...

Objective: To accumulate the information in the long-term studies of the variation of the limb segments length and proportion in the process of growth and development of children, we have measured and summarized the average level of limb segments length for the children and adolescents in the main urban area of Chongqing, calculated the ratios of limb segments length to height and extremities-trunk ratio, body proportions, and analyze their age trends.Me...

Background: The IGF system is involved in the development of metabolic and cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to investigate the association of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1), IGF-binding protein-1 (IGFBP1) and IGFBP3 with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes in children.Methods: We included 36 children aged 10 to 16 years without known diabetes, medication, chronic disease. They were classified into three groups according to the results of ...

Background: Early age at menarche was associated with obesity, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and mortality in adulthood. Besides, a mother's age at menarche has been suggested to be a likely contributor to a daughter's early menarche. Therefore, this study aimed to determine whether a mother's earlier age at menarche is a risk factor for a daughter's early menarche, obesity, and short stature in young...

Study of response to vitamin D replacemet in North Korean refugee children and Korean childrenMyung Hee Chung, MD., Ph.DDaegu Medical Center, Daegu Metropolitan city, KoreaJung Hup Song, MD., Ph.DKyungpook National university hosptal,Occupational Medicine, Public Health Dept.,Daegu, KoreaPurpose: It is well known that obesity and ...

Objective: To investigate whether earlier mother’s age at menarche is a risk factor of daughter’s early menarche, obesity, and short stature in young Korean female.Research design and methods: We tested associations between mother’s age at menarche, mother’s adult body size and her daughter’s age at menarche, body size from the data of 6th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES VI) (2013–2015). We an...

Background: Achondroplasia is the most common condition characterized by disproportionate short stature. Patients with achondroplasia progressively fall below normal standards for length and height. GH has been widely used to treat short stature with or without GH deficiency (GHD).Objective and hypotheses: The purpose of the present study was to clarify the effectiveness of GH therapy on short stature in achondroplasia.Method: The ...

Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis is one of the precipitating factors that can evoke a thyroid storm. Thyroid storm may cause cerebral ischemia in moyamoya disease, which coexist in the patient with Graves’ disease.Case presentation: A 16-year-old girl complaining of dizziness and palpitation visited emergency room, and was diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) combined by hyperthyroidism. Thyroid storm occurred in 6 h after the start of DKA ma...

Gorham-Stout disease(GSD), also known as vanishing bone disease is an extremely rare skeletal disorder characterized by idiopathic intraosseous proliferation of lymphatic vascular structures resulting in progressive resorption of bone. Herein, we report a case of a 4-year-old girl with GSD treated with the combination treatment with bisphosphonate, sirolimus, and atenolol. A 4-year-old girl presented with prolonged back pain for 2 weeks. The thoracolumbar spine radiography rev...