Obesity increases the cardiovascular risk in childhood. The Tg/HDL-C ratio could be a useful index in identifying children at risk for dyslipidemia, hypertension, and MS.

Priming with gonadal steroids significantly improves GH secretion following GH stimulation with clonidine and diminishes the possibility of a false diagnosis of GH deficiency. Gonadal steroid priming should therefore be considered in the evaluation of the GH status of short children close to or during the early stages of puberty.

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy clinical presentation Background: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is an X-link recessive disorder that affects 1 per 3.500 males. Becker Muscular Dystrophy is less common, affecting approximately 1 per 30 000 males. Both diseases are the result of a mutation in the Xp21 gene that encodes for dystrophin. Objective: Describe the clinical manifestations of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in patients at our institution. Method: Observational and descriptive study, in which clinical records of 8 patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy were reviewed, with description of their clinical aspects. Results: The mean age at diagnosis was 5 years-old. 6 boys presented developmental delay and 7 deambulation difficulties, being the main reason for medical attendance. 3 patients died during the study period. Conclusions: A multidisciplinary management is required to delay the disease evolution, while it does not have a curative treatment. It is necessary to know the clinical aspects representative of this disease, in order to perform an early diagnosis.