Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics

Review Article

Endocrinology

Effects of early menarche on physical and psychosocial health problems in adolescent girls and adult women

Jae-Ho Yoo

Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(9):355-361. Published online September 21, 2016

The menarcheal age of Korean women has been rapidly decreasing for the last 50 years, and the average menarcheal age of women born in the 1990s is approaching 12.6 years. In addition, interest in early puberty has been increasing recently owing to the rapid increase in precocious puberty. Generally, out of concern for short stature and early menarche, idiopathic central...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2016.59.9.355

Original Article

Endocrinology

Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein plasma levels as a biomarker of obesity-related insulin resistance in adolescents

Ki Eun Kim, Young Sun Cho, Kyung Suk Baek, Lan Li, Kwang-Hyun Baek, Jung Hyun Kim, Ho-Seong Kim, Youn Ho Sheen

Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(5):231-238. Published online May 31, 2016

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Purpose

Lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) is a 65-kDa acute phase protein, derived from the liver, which is present in high concentrations in plasma. Data regarding the association between circulating plasma LBP levels and obesity-related biomarkers in the pediatric population are scarce. We aimed to determine whether there was a difference in plasma LBP levels between overweight/obese and normal-weight adolescents and to assess...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2016.59.5.231

Impact of lifestyle factors on trends in lipid profiles among Korean adolescents: the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys study, 1998 and 2010

Shin-Hye Kim, Young-Hwan Song, Sangshin Park, Mi-Jung Park

Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(2):65-73. Published online February 29, 2016

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Purpose

Only a few studies have explored nationwide trends in lipid profiles among Asian adolescents. We aimed to assess trends in lipid profiles and the associated lifestyle factors among Korean children.

Methods

We analyzed data for 2,094 adolescents who were aged 10–18 years and had participated in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys in 1998 and 2010.

Results

During 1998–2010, the prevalence of...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2016.59.2.65

Review Article

Endocrinology

Catch-up growth and catch-up fat in children born small for gestational age

Won Kyoung Cho, Byung-Kyu Suh

Clin Exp Pediatr. 2016;59(1):1-7. Published online January 22, 2016

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Infants born small for gestational age (SGA) are at increased risk of perinatal morbidity, persistent short stature, and metabolic alterations in later life. Recent studies have focused on the association between birth weight (BW) and later body composition. Some reports suggest that fetal nutrition, as reflected by BW, may have an inverse programing effect on abdominal adiposity later in life....

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2016.59.1.1

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