Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Manifestation of early age adiposity raises complicated forms of obesity and risks for concomitant diseases development.Objective: To detect obesogenic risk factors in preschool children screening study.Material and methods: Of 1008 children from 8 Minsk kindergartens were screened. Anthropometrical parameters, systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP) were measured. Body mass index (BMI) standardized for age ...

Background and aims: High correlation is revealed between type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) and autoimmune thyroid pathology in children. Several candidate-genes including CTLA, PTPN, Ins-23Hphl could be associated with the combined autoimmune endocrinopathy. The aim of this study was to define whether polymorphisms of CTLA 49 A/G, PTPN22-1858 C/T, Ins-23Hphl ?/? genes contribute to DM1 and autoimmune thyroiditis (AT) combination development.Material and me...