ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: GH stimulates the production of IGF1; however, their metabolic effects are different. GH has lipolytic and anti-insulin actions while IGF1 has insulin-like actions.Objectives: To investigate the value of using the IGF1/GH peak ratio in relation to the anthropometric data of children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) before and after a year of GH therapy.Patients and Methods...

Introduction: Patients with thalassemia have a high prevalence of malnutrition and low body mass index (BMI), and nutritional intervention studies are scarce.Aim: We performed an electronic search in PubMed, Google Scholar, and Web of Sciences to review nutritional intervention studies and their possible beneficial effect on children and adults with BTM.Results: 17 controlled and/o...

Introduction: Infants with solitary functioning kidney (SFK) may be prone to develop growth problems, which are not well represented in the literature.Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate birth size and postnatal growth in infants with SFK.Patients and Methods: We measured the weight, Weight SDS (WAZ), length SDS (LAZ), and weight for length SDS (WLZ) at birth and ever...

Background: Epidemiological studies have shown associations between placental weight (PW) and perinatal and postnatal linear growth and weight gain.Objectives: To report trimmed placental weight (PWT) and evaluate their association with birth weight (BWT), and gestational age (GA) in a large cohort of mother/ baby pairs in Qatar. (n= 80722).Methods: Retrospective data anal...

Introduction: Accumulating evidence indicates various but significant effects of human breast milk IGF1 (HMIGF1) on infantile linear growth and weight gain.Objectives and Methods: We performed electronic literature systematic review using PubMed, Google Scholar, and Web of Sciences with the aim to provide an update on various effects of HMIGF1 on infantile and childhood growth. We reviewed 12 studies (n= 941 inf...

Introduction: Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is a rough indicator of glycemic control and not useful to evaluate aspects related to acute or daily glycemic changes in diabetic patients. With the emphasis on intensive management of type 1 diabetes (T1DM), data from studies support using Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) to improve glycemic control and reduce glucose variability, which is related to an increase in macro and microvascular complications.<p clas...

we compared gender effect on growth and metabolic control with CAH. Morbidities associated with CAH, including risks of obesity, hypertension, dysglycemia, and dyslipidemia were investigated.Methods: Data from 30 children with CAH were analyzed retrospectively. They received hydrocortisone (n= 11) or prednisolone (n= 19) and fludrocortisone (0.1: 0.15 mg OD) since early infancy. The mean hydrocortisone dose = 22.5 +/- 7...

Introduction: Obesity is serious health concern that affect the children during pandemic due to school closing and shifting to online teaching with suspension of almost all physical activity. In addition, many overweight and obese children had irregular meal timing, frequent snacking, and increased screen time at home.Objectives: To study the effect of COVID 19 on weight gain during the lock- down and shifting to online ...

Introduction: Nutrition, bodily activity, and behavior-modifying practices are recognized interventions in managing obesity. Our aim was to review available information on the short-term effects of intervention (3-4 months) on body composition of overweight and obese children and adolescents.Methods: We reviewed the anthropometric data (Weight, height (HtSD), and BMI of 16 obese children aged 12 +/- 2.2 years. Body compo...

Accumulating evidence indicates various interactions between the GH-IGF1 axis and the immune system in infants and children during undernutrition.Objectives and Methods: We performed electronic literature systematic review using PubMed, Google Scholar, and Web of Sciences with the aim to provide an update on the link between the GH-IGF1 axis and the immune system in infants and children during malnutrition. We reviewed 22 studies (2007-2...