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ey0015.13-16 | Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Congenital Hypothyroidism | ESPEYB15

13.16 Incidence of congenital hypothyroidism in China: data from the national newborn screening program, 2013-2015

K Deng , C He , J Zhu , J Liang , X Li , X Xie , P Yu , N Li , Q Li , Y Wang

To read the full abstract: J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2018; 31(6):601-608This article summarizes the findings of likely the largest program of neonatal congenital hypothyroidism (CH) screening in the world. This is a truly impressive effort. The overall incidence of CH was 1/2421, in line with other reports that also observed a relatively high incidence of CH in neonates born in Asia. However, a...

ey0017.15-1 | (1) | ESPEYB17

15.1. Preconception diabetes mellitus and adverse pregnancy outcomes in over 6.4 million women: A population-based cohort study in China

Y Wei , Q Xu , H Yang , Y Yang , L Wang , H Chen , C Anderson , X Liu , G Song , Q Li , Q Wang , H Shen , Y Zhang , D Yan , Z Peng , Y He , Y Wang , Y Zhang , H Zhang , X Ma

To read the full abstract: PLoS Med. 2019 Oct 1;16(10):e1002926. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002926.The authors analysed a huge dataset from the Chinese national programme of preconception health checks, which include measurements of fasting plasma glucose. Overall, 13.15% (n =847,737) had impaired fasting glucose and 1.18% (n =76,297 women) had diabetes, of whom only...