Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Diabetes and prediabetes have become major public health problems in recent decades.Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the predictive value of risk factors on progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes.Materials and methods: A total of 383 subjects (213 females, 170 males), mean age 51.93±13.47 years and mean BMI 29.11±5.3 kg/m2, divided in three groups – 147 with normal gluc...

The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship among the indices of insulin resistance (IR), the lipid parameters and thyroid function in euthyroid adults.Material and methods: Two hundred and sixteen euthyroid adults, mean age 57.08±13.81 years (112 female and 104 male) were included. Serum lipirds, Immunoreactive insulin, glucose, TSH, waist circumference (WC), body height and weight were measured. HOMAi and BMI were calculated.<p cl...