Original Article

Triglyceride Glucose Index as a Surrogate Measure of Insulin Sensitivity in a Caucasian Pediatric Population

• Valeria Calcaterra
• Chiara Montalbano
• Annalisa de Silvestri
• Gloria Pelizzo
• Corrado Regalbuto
• Valeria Paganelli
• Riccardo Albertini
• Francesco Delle Cave
• Daniela Larizza
• Hellas Cena

Time of the Peak, Shape of the Curve and Combination of These Glucose Response Characteristics During Oral Glucose Tolerance Test as Indicators of Early Beta-Cell Dysfunction in Obese Adolescents

• Lavinia La Grasta Sabolić
• Marija Požgaj Šepec
• Maja Cigrovski Berković
• Gordana Stipančić

Pre-treatment Neutropenia in Children and Adolescents with Autoimmune Hyperthyroidism

• Melissa Kaori S. Litao
• Ana Gutierrez Alvarez
• Bina Shah

Evaluation of Children and Adolescents with Thyroid Nodules: A Single Center Experience

• Selin Elmaogullari
• Servan Ozalkak
• Semra Cetinkaya
• Ibrahim Karaman
• Cigdem Uner
• Nilufer Arda
• Senay Savas Erdeve
• Zehra Aycan

Initial Basal and Bolus Rates and Basal Rate Variability During Pump Treatment in Children and Adolescents

• Günay Demir
• Yasemin Atik Altınok
• Samim Özen
• Şükran Darcan
• Damla Gökşen

Height, Weight and Body Mass Index Percentiles of Children Aged 6-14 Years Living at Moderate Altitudes

• İsmail Malkoç
• Mümtaz M. Mazıcıoğlu
• Behzat Özkan
• Meda Kondolot
• Selim Kurtoğlu
• Hakkı Yeşilyurt

Neurocognitive Functions in Children and Adolescents with Subclinical Hypothyroidism

• Ayça Törel Ergür
• Yasemen Taner
• Evşen Ata
• Efnan Melek
• Emel Erdoğan Bakar
• Tanzer Sancak

Quality of Life and Psychological Well-being in Children and Adolescents with Disorders of Sex Development

• Birsen Şentürk Pilan
• Burcu Özbaran
• Didem Çelik
• Tuğçe Özcan
• Samim Özen
• Damla Gökşen
• İbrahim Ulman
• Ali Avanoğlu
• Sibel Tiryaki
• Hüseyin Onay
• Özgür Çoğulu
• Ferda Özkınay
• Şükran Darcan

Vitamin D Deficiency in Children and Adolescents

• Nesibe Andıran
• Nurullah Çelik
• Halise Akça
• Güzide Doğan

The Significance of Thiol/Disulfide Homeostasis and Ischemia-modified Albumin Levels in Assessing Oxidative Stress in Obese Children and Adolescents

• Eda Mengen
• Seyit Ahmet Uçaktürk
• Pınar Kocaay
• Özlem Kaymaz
• Salim Neşelioğlu
• Özcan Erel

Evaluation of Renal Function in Obese Children and Adolescents Using Serum Cystatin C Levels, Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Formulae and Proteinuria: Which is most Useful?

• Dilşah Önerli Salman
• Zeynep Şıklar
• Eda Nisa Çullas İlarslan
• Z. Birsin Özçakar
• Pınar Kocaay
• Merih Berberoğlu

Transforming Growth Factor-β1 and Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products Gene Expression and Protein Levels in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

• Ana Ninić
• Dragana Bojanin
• Miron Sopić
• Marija Mihajlović
• Jelena Munjas
• Tatjana Milenković
• Aleksandra Stefanović
• Jelena Vekić
• Vesna Spasojević-Kalimanovska

Macular Variability in Children and Adolescents with Metabolic Syndrome: A Cross-sectional Study Examining the Associations with Anthropometric Measurements, Metabolic Parameters and Inflammatory Markers

• Hakan Öztürk
• Bediz Özen
• Gönül Çatlı
• Bumin N. Dündar

Gender Differences in Cardiovascular Risks of Obese Adolescents in the Bronx

• Ping Zhou
• Ronak S. Chaudhari
• Zoltan Antal

Effect of Telehealth System on Glycemic Control in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes

• Esra Döğer
• Rukiye Bozbulut
• A. Şebnem Soysal Acar
• Şebnem Ercan
• Aylin Kılınç Uğurlu
• Emine Demet Akbaş
• Aysun Bideci
• Orhun Çamurdan
• Peyami Cinaz

Effects of Carbohydrate Counting Method on Metabolic Control in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

• Damla Gökşen
• Yasemin Atik Altınok
• Samim Özen
• Günay Demir
• Şükran Darcan

Serum Visfatin Levels, Adiposity and Glucose Metabolism in Obese Adolescents

• Derya Taşkesen
• Birgül Kirel
• Tercan Us

Prevalence of ZnT8 Antibody in Turkish Children and Adolescents with New Onset Type 1 Diabetes

• Selin Elmaoğulları
• Seyit Ahmet Uçaktürk
• Şehri Elbeg
• Esra Döğer
• Meltem Tayfun
• Fatih Gürbüz
• Aysun Bideci

Vitamin D Deficiency and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis in Children and Adolescents: a Critical Vitamin D Level for This Association?

• Olcay Evliyaoğlu
• Manolya Acar
• Bahar Özcabı
• Ethem Erginöz
• Feride Bucak
• Oya Ercan
• Mine Kucur

Restless Legs Syndrome and Poor Sleep Quality in Obese Children and Adolescents

• Rıza Taner Baran
• Müge Atar
• Özgür Pirgon
• Serkan Filiz
• Meral Filiz

Vitamin D Deficiency in Children and Adolescents in Bağcılar, İstanbul

• Meltem Erol
• Özgül Yiğit
• Suat Hayri Küçük
• Özlem Bostan Gayret

Optimal Cut-off Points of Fasting and Post-Glucose Stimulus Surrogates of Insulin Resistance as Predictors of Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents According to Several Definitions

• Mónica Ivette Piña-Aguero
• Aranza Zaldivar-Delgado
• Alejandra Salas-Fernández
• Azucena Martínez-Basila
• Mariela Bernabe-Garcia
• Jorge Maldonado-Hernández

Microvascular Complications in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

• Fatma Demirel
• Derya Tepe
• Özlem Kara
• İhsan Esen

Effectiveness of Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Pump Therapy During Five Years of Treatment on Metabolic Control in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

• Özlem Korkmaz
• Günay Demir
• Hafize Çetin
• İlkin Mecidov
• Yasemin Atik Altınok
• Samim Özen
• Şükran Darcan
• Damla Gökşen

Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics of Hyperprolactinemia in Children and Adolescents: National Survey

• Erdal Eren
• Ayça Törel Ergür
• Şükriye Pınar İşgüven
• Eda Çelebi Bitkin
• Merih Berberoğlu
• Zeynep Şıklar
• Firdevs Baş
• Servet Yel
• Serpil Baş
• Elif Söbü
• Abdullah Bereket
• Serap Turan
• Halil Sağlam
• Zeynep Atay
• Oya Ercan
• Tülay Güran
• Mehmet Emre Atabek
• Hüseyin Anıl Korkmaz
• Aylin Kılınç Uğurlu
• Ayşehan Akıncı
• Esra Döğer
• Enver Şimşek
• Emine Demet Akbaş
• Ayhan Abacı
• Ülkü Gül
• Sezer Acar
• Eda Mengen Uçaktürk
• Melek Yıldız
• Edip Ünal
• Ömer Tarım

Relationship of Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness with Early Indicators of Atherosclerosis and Cardiac Functional Changes in Obese Adolescents with Metabolic Syndrome

• Bedir Akyol
• Mehmet Boyraz
• Cevriye Aysoy

Management of Thyrotoxicosis in Children and Adolescents: A Turkish Multi-center Experience

• İhsan Esen
• Elvan Bayramoğlu
• Melek Yıldız
• Murat Aydın
• Esin Karakılıç Özturhan
• Zehra Aycan
• Semih Bolu
• Hasan Önal
• Yılmaz Kör
• Deniz Ökdemir
• Edip Ünal
• Aşan Önder
• Olcay Evliyaoğlu
• Atilla Çayır
• Mehmet Taştan
• Ayşegül Yüksel
• Aylin Kılınç
• Muammer Büyükinan
• Bahar Özcabı
• Onur Akın
• Çiğdem Binay
• Suna Kılınç
• Ruken Yıldırım
• Emel Hatun Aytaç
• Elif Sağsak

The Effect of Pubertal Stage on the Concentrations of the Novel Adipomyokine, Irisin, in Male Adolescents

• Demet Taş
• Alkım Akman Öden
• Sinem Akgül
• Ziya E. Metin
• Aslı Pınar
• Nuray Kanbur

Serum Adiponectin and hsCRP Levels and Non-InvasiveRadiological Methods in the Early Diagnosis ofCardiovascular System Complications in Children andAdolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

• Damla Gökşen
• Ertürk Levent
• Sakine Kar
• Samim Özen
• Şükran Darcan

The Relationship Between Leptin and Norepinephrine Levels During OGTT in Normotensive and Hypertensive Obese Adolescents

• Ping Zhou
• Raphael David
• Bina Shah

Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Insulin Glargine and Insulin Detemir with NPH Insulin in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Receiving Intensive Insulin Therapy

• Bumin Nuri Dündar
• Nihal Dündar
• Erdal Eren

Relationship Between Aspartate Aminotransferase-to-Platelet Ratio Index and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Obese Adolescents with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

• Ahmet Sert
• Özgür Pirgon
• Ebru Aypar
• Hakan Yılmaz
• Bumin Dündar

Evaluation of Adolescents for Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in an Urban Population

• Sarabeth Broder Fingert
• Bina Shah
• Marion Kessler
• Melissa Pawelczak
• Raphael David

Effect of Education on Impaired Hypoglycemia Awareness and Glycemic Variability in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

• Günay Demir
• Samim Özen
• Hafize Çetin
• Şükran Darcan
• Damla Gökşen

Arm Anthropometry Indices in Turkish Children and Adolescents: Changes Over a Three-Year Period

• Betül Çiçek
• Ahmet Öztürk
• Mustafa Mümtaz Mazıcıoğlu
• Selim Kurtoğlu

Assessment of Cardiovascular Parameters in Obese Children and Adolescents with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

• Beray Selver Eklioğlu
• Mehmet Emre Atabek
• Nesibe Akyürek
• Hayrullah Alp

Prevalence of Dyslipidemia and Associated Factors in Obese Children and Adolescents

• Selin Elmaoğulları
• Derya Tepe
• Seyit Ahmet Uçaktürk
• Fatma Karaca Kara
• Fatma Demirel

The Effects of Risk Behaviors and Orthorexic Behavior on Glycemic Control in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes

• Demet Taş
• Eda Mengen
• Pınar Kocaay
• Seyit Ahmet Uçaktürk

Low-Grade Inflammation and Increased Arterial Stiffness in Chinese Youth and Adolescents with Newly-Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

• Xin Li
• You Ping Deng
• Miao Yang
• Yu-Wen Wu
• Su-Xin Sun
• Jia-Zhong Sun

No Associations Between Serum Lipid Levels or HOMA-IR and Asthma in Children and Adolescents: A NHANES Analysis

• Min Lu
• Beirong Wu
• Rong Qiao
• Haoxiang Gu
• Ying Din
• Xiaoyan Dong

Educational Needs of Adolescents Regarding Normal Puberty and Menstrual Patterns

• Pınar İşgüven
• Göze Yörük
• Filiz Mine Çizmecioğlu

Evaluation of the Ovarian Reserve in Adolescents with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis Using Serum Anti-Müllerian Hormone Levels

• Ezgi Özalp Akın
• Zehra Aycan

Perceived Expressed Emotion, Emotional and Behavioral Problems and Self-Esteem in Obese Adolescents: A Case-Control Study

• Merve Çolpan
• Şafak Eray
• Erdal Eren
• Ayşe Pınar Vural

Accuracy of Tri-ponderal Mass Index and Body Mass Index in Estimating Insulin Resistance, Hyperlipidemia, Impaired Liver Enzymes or Thyroid Hormone Function and Vitamin D Levels in Children and Adolescents

• Neşe Akcan
• Rüveyde Bundak

Association of Exosomal miR-34a with Markers of Dyslipidemia and Endothelial Dysfunction in Children and Adolescents with T1DM

• Alshaymaa A. Ibrahim
• Aliaa A. Wahby
• Ingy Ashmawy
• Rehan M. Saleh
• Hend Soliman

Review

Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin in Children and Adolescents

• Banu Aydın
• Stephen J. Winters

Approach to Abnormal Uterine Bleeding in Adolescents

• Cenk Yaşa
• Funda Güngör Uğurlucan

Dysmenorrhea, Endometriosis and Chronic Pelvic Pain in Adolescents

• Aalia Sachedin
• Nicole Todd

Contraception for Adolescents

• Nicole Todd
• Amanda Black

Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents

• Neslihan Koyuncuoğlu Güngör

Abnormal Uterine Bleeding In Adolescents

• Selin Elmaoğulları
• Zehra Aycan

Original Article

Association Between Insulin Resistance and 
Oxidative Stress Parameters in Obese Adolescents with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

• Özgür Pirgon
• Hüseyin Bilgin
• Ferhat Çekmez
• Hüseyin Kurku
• Bumin Nuri Dündar

Thyroid Hormone Levels in Obese Children and Adolescents with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

• Emel Torun
• İlker Tolga Özgen
• Selim Gökçe
• Sinem Aydın
• Yaşar Cesur

High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Levels and 
Metabolic Disorders in Obese and Overweight 
Children and Adolescents

• Konstantinos Kitsios
• Maria Papadopoulou
• Konstantina Kosta
• Nikolaos Kadoglou
• Maria Papagianni
• Kiriaki Tsiroukidou

Vitamin D Deficiency in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes

• Ajda Mutlu
• Gül Yeşiltepe Mutlu
• Elif Özsu
• Filiz Mine Çizmecioğlu
• Şükrü Hatun

Trends in the Frequency of HLA DR-DQ Haplotypes Among Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in the Southeast Region of Turkey

• Mehmet Keskin
• Ayşe Aygün
• Sacide Pehlivan
• Özlem Keskin
• Yılmaz Kor
• Ayşe Balat
• Yavuz Coşkun

Clinical Course of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and Effects of Levothyroxine Therapy on the Clinical Course of the Disease in Children and Adolescents

• Samim Özen
• Ömer Berk
• Damla Gökşen Şimşek
• Şükran Darcan

Metabolic Control in Children and Adolescents with Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital

• Abdulmoein Al-Agha
• Ali Ocheltree
• Amr Hakeem

Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Risk Factors Among Adolescents in Ankara, Turkey

• Sırma Ercan
• Yıldız Bilge Dallar
• Serdar Önen
• Özlem Engiz

Original Research

Impact of Vitamin D Status on Cardiometabolic Complications among Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

• Adnan Al Shaikh
• Abdullah M. Al Zahrani

Assessment of Anti-Müllerian Hormone Level in Management of Adolescents with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

• Fatma Dursun
• Ayla Güven
• Metin Yıldız

Recognizing the Psychosocial Aspects of Type 1 Diabetes in Adolescents

• Erdal Adal
• Zerrin Önal
• Atilla Ersen
• Koray Yalçın
• Hasan Önal
• Ahmet Aydın

Clinical Course of Hyperprolactinemia in Children and Adolescents: A Review of 21 Cases

• Erdal Eren
• Şenay Yapıcı
• Esra Deniz Papatya Çakır
• Latife Aytekin Ceylan
• Halil Sağlam
• Ömer Tarım

Health-Related Quality of Life and Metabolic Control in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

• Zeynep Caferoğlu
• Neriman İnanç
• Nihal Hatipoğlu
• Selim Kurtoğlu

Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Obese Children and Adolescents using Three Different Criteria and Evaluation of Risk Factors

• Özlem Sangun
• Bumin Dündar
• Muhammet Köşker
• Özgür Pirgon
• Nihal Dündar

Evaluation of Periaortic Adiposity and Metabolic Disorders in Obese Children

• Beray Selver Eklioğlu
• Mehmet Emre Atabek
• Nesibe Akyürek
• Hayrullah Alp

Etiological Classification and Clinical Assessment of Children and Adolescents with Disorders of Sex Development

• Sema Erdoğan
• Cengiz Kara
• Ahmet Uçaktürk
• Murat Aydın

Prediabetes and Cardiovascular Parameters in Obese Children and Adolescents

• Beray Selver Eklioğlu
• Mehmet Emre Atabek
• Nesibe Akyürek
• Hayrullah Alp

Insulin Resistance in Obese Children and Adolescents: HOMA-IR Cut-Off Levels in the Prepubertal and Pubertal Periods

• Selim Kurtoğlu
• Nihal Hatipoğlu
• Mümtaz Mazıcıoğlu
• Mustafa Kendirici
• Mehmet Keskin
• Meda Kondolot

Evaluation of Nutritional Status in Turkish Adolescents as Related to Gender and Socioeconomic Status

• Işıl Özgüven
• Betül Ersoy
• Ali Aykan Özgüven
• Pınar Dündar Erbay

Audit of Microalbumin Excretion in Children with Type I Diabetes

• Filiz Mine Çizmecioğlu
• Kathryn Noyes
• Louise Bath
• Chris Kelnar

Thyroid Function and Thyroid Autoimmunity in Relation to Weight Status and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents: A Population-Based Study

• Emilio García-García
• María A. Vázquez-López
• Eduardo García-Fuentes
• Rafael Galera-Martínez
• Carolina Gutiérrez-Repiso
• Icíar García-Escobar
• Antonio Bonillo-Perales

Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents in Eastern Turkey

• Sevil Arı Yuca
• Cahide Yılmaz
• Yaşar Cesur
• Murat Doğan
• Avni Kaya
• Murat Başaranoğlu

Melanocortin-4 Receptor Gene Mutations in a Group of Turkish Obese Children and Adolescents

• Selma Tunç
• Korcan Demir
• Fatma Ajlan Tükün
• Cihan Topal
• Filiz Hazan
• Burcu Sağlam
• Özlem Nalbantoğlu
• Melek Yıldız
• Behzat Özkan

The Relationship of Disordered Eating Attitudes with Stress Level, Bone Turnover Markers, and Bone Mineral Density in Obese Adolescents

• Aslı Okbay Güneş
• Müjgan Alikaşifoğlu
• Ezgi Şen Demirdöğen
• Ethem Erginöz
• Türkay Demir
• Mine Kucur
• Oya Ercan

A Study of Insulin Resistance by HOMA-IR and its Cut-off Value to Identify Metabolic Syndrome in Urban Indian Adolescents

• Yashpal Singh
• MK Garg
• Nikhil Tandon
• Raman Kumar Marwaha

Phenotype Heterogeneity in Glucokinase–Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young (GCK-MODY) Patients

• Anna Wedrychowicz
• Ewa Tobór
• Magdalena Wilk
• Ewa Ziólkowska-Ledwith
• Anna Rams
• Katarzyna Wzorek
• Barbara Sabal
• Malgorzata Stelmach
• Jerzy B. Starzyk

The Relationship Between Perceived Family Climate and Glycemic Control in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Adolescent Patients

• Şafak Eray
• Halit Necmi Uçar
• Fatma Çetinkaya
• Erdal Eren
• Pınar Vural

Anti-Müllerian Hormone and Inhibin-A, but not Inhibin-B or Insulin-Like Peptide-3, may be Used as Surrogates in the Diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Adolescents: Preliminary Results

• Aylin Yetim
• Çağcıl Yetim
• Firdevs Baş
• Oğuz Bülent Erol
• Gülnaz Çığ
• Ahmet Uçar
• Feyza Darendeliler

Soluble Endoglin Level Increase Occurs Prior to Development of Subclinical Structural Vascular Alterations in Diabetic Adolescents

• Hamdi Cihan Emeksiz
• Aysun Bideci
• Çağrı Damar
• Betül Derinkuyu
• Nurullah Çelik
• Esra Döğer
• Özge Yüce
• Mehmet Cüneyt Özmen
• Mahmut Orhun Çamurdan
• Peyami Cinaz

The 13C-Glucose Breath Test for Insulin Resistance Assessment in Adolescents: Comparison with Fasting and Post-Glucose Stimulus Surrogate Markers of Insulin Resistance

• Jorge Maldonado-Hernández
• Azucena Martínez-Basila
• Alejandra Salas-Fernández
• José R. Navarro-Betancourt
• Mónica I. Piña-Aguero
• Mariela Bernabe-García

Case Report

Long-term Outcome after Robotic-assisted Gastroplication in Adolescents: Hunger Hormone and Food Preference Changes Two Case Reports

• Valeria Calcaterra
• Hellas Cena
• Maria Luisa Fonte
• Mara De Amici
• Matteo Vandoni
• Michela Albanesi
• Gloria Pelizzo

Pituitary Adenoma Apoplexy in an Adolescent: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

• Hero Zijlker
• Sebastian Schagen
• Jan Maarten Wit
• Nienke Biermasz
• Wouter van Furth
• Wilma Oostdijk