Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To investigate endocrine disorders concerning bone metabolism, thyroid and gonadal axis in treatment–naïve HIV-infected male patients.Subjects and methods: We studied 70 male, treatment-naïve patients (stage A=60, stage B=10) from the Infectious Diseases Unit of our Hospital. Anthropometric indices were measured and BMI was calculated for each participant. Blood samples were obtained after an overnight fasting for the evaluation...