Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: Neurogenetical predictors of psychological disturbances in children with severe obesity.Methods: We examined 254 pubertal obese children: group1 (simple obesity) 187 children, 14.3±2.0 yrs, 30.4±2.8 kg/m2; group2 (severe obesity) 67 children, 14.7±2.1, 39.1±3.8. Control 80 children, 14.4±2.0 yrs, 19.7±1.7 kg/m2. Dopamine levels were determined. Genotyping was performed on polymorphic genes C...