ea0020p528 | Paediatric Endocrinology | ECE2009
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 (313 years) and 102 girls with CA 8.4±2.0 years (312 years) with simple obesity (BMI>97th centile for age and sex) were studied. Ninety-five children were...