Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The aim of the present study was to evaluate if demographic and histological characteristics as well as the long-term outcome of thyroid cancer was different in children and adolescents with and without autoimmune thyroiditis taking into consideration that information in the literature is scarce.Methods: The medical records of children and adolescents (≤21-year-old) followed up in Theagenio Cancer Hospital due to histologically proven...

Objectives: To estimate the body mass index (BMI) distribution among Greek female adolescents in 2012 and to compare it with data from 2000, to find associations of obesity with dietary and social factors, as well as to determine the prevalence of acne, hirsutism and menstrual irregularities in the same population.Methods: All female students (n=380) aged 12–18 years of two randomly selected high schools, after obtaining a written consent f...