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ea0020p528 | Paediatric Endocrinology | ECE2009

Childhood obesity and bone age

Petrou Vassilios , Tertipi Athanasia , Georgoulas Thomas , Papastathi Eleni , Deligeorgi Maria , Skarpa Vassiliki , Papathanasiou Asteroula

Obese children frequently present with accelerated growth and early puberty.Objective: To examine the degree of bone maturation in children with simple obesity.Patients and methods: One hundred eighteen boys with mean chronological age (CA) 9.9±2.2 years (3–13 years) and 102 girls with CA 8.4±2.0 years (3–12 years) with simple obesity (BMI>97th centile for age and sex) were studied. Ninety-five children were...
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