Endocrine Abstracts

Background and objective: Diabetes mellitus is assuming worldwide increase with Doctors not being an exception. This study was carried out among Doctors in Ondo State South West Nigeria to assess 10 years risk of developing Diabetes using the Finish Diabetes Association assessment form.Subjects, materials and method: This is a cross sectional study carried out in March 2019 at the Ordinary General Meeting. Two hundred and two (202) Doctors were screened ...

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM), which is on the increase in developing country like Nigeria, increases the risk of tuberculosis (TB). This study was carried out to detect TB in DM patient attending medical outpatient unit in State Specialist Hospital, Akure South West, Nigeria.Method: This was a cross-sectional study in which six hundred and forty eight DM patients attending the outpatient clinic were consecutively recruited after an informed consent...