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ey0015.12-2 | New Paradigm | ESPEYB15

12.2 Childhood BMI and Adult Type 2 Diabetes, Coronary Artery Diseases, Chronic Kidney Disease, and Cardiometabolic Traits: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

T Geng , CE Smith , C Li , T Huang

To read the full abstract: Diabetes Care 2018;41:1089-1096These findings show that a 1-SD increase in childhood BMI was associated with a 47–83% increased relative risk of T2DM and a 28% increased relative risk of CAD in adult life, yet childhood BMI was not associated with adult chronic kidney disease. This is the first study to examine the causal relationship between childhood BMI and cardio-...

ey0015.3-12 | Pediatric thyroid cancer | ESPEYB15

3.12 Thyroid nodules in pediatric patients: sonographic characteristics and likelihood of cancer

DM Richman , CB Benson , PM Doubilet , HE Peters , SA Huang , E Asch , AJ Wassner , JR Smith , CE Cherella , MC Frates

To read the full abstract: Radiology 2018:171170Current American Thyroid Association (ATA) guidelines recommend the application of adult ultrasound criteria to classify thyroid nodules in children and adolescents1. However, few studies have evaluated the sonographic and demographic features that could predict malignancy in a large cohort of young patients with thyroid nodules.</p...