Endocrine Abstracts

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the coexistence of obesity in children with precocious puberty symptoms influences significantly the diagnostic process.Material and methods: We retrospectively analysed a group of 200 children’s records (F/M 164/36) hospitalised because of precocious puberty suspicion. The analysis evaluated the nutritional status based on BMI percentile level, compatibility between the bone age and the chronological ag...

With the increasing prevalence of obesity in children, there is a growing number of its comorbidities as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of NAFLD in a group of obese patients and to identify additional risk factors for NAFLD development in the examined population.Materials and methods: We examined 88 obese children (41 boys) mean age 14.4 (±2.6) hospitalized in our ...