ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019;104:3287-3295.The current definition of idiopathic short stature (ISS) refers to a heterogeneous group of short children, in the absence of any underlying detectable cause, including both normal variants of growth and pathological conditions. ISS subjects have been reported to reach an average final height of −1.5 SDS in boys...

Brief summary: This retrospective case-control observational study assessed body composition of children with non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NCCAH) using bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). It showed that children with NCCAH have an imbalance between muscle and fat tissues compared with control subjects, which may place them at increased risk for early-onset cardiometabolic morbidity.Non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (NCCAH) is ...

To read the full abstract: J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2017;30:869-877Several previous studies had focused on the early risk of metabolic syndrome or its components in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), while fewer data are available on pubertal development in these subjects. The merit of this study was to carefully investigate growth and pubertal development in a large ...

JAMA. 2018 Sep 11;320(10):1005–1016. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.11628.The aims of this study were to assess whether in utero exposure to untreated gestational diabetes (using the IADPSG criteria) is associated with long-term risk of a disorder of glucose metabolism among mothers and greater adiposity among their children at 10 to 14 years post-partum.The Hyperglycem...