Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is independent risk factors for micro and macrovascular disease. So, it has been associated with abnormalities of cardiac function and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Type 2 diabetic individuals, particularly obese women, had higher heart rates, greater left ventricular wall thicknesses and greater cardiac mass than subjects without diabetes. The objective of the present study was to investigate association between waist circumfe...

Introduction: The association between diabetes and adverse cardiovascular outcome may be partially explained by the strong independent association of type 2 diabetes with cardiovascular target organ damage, such as left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), a well-known predictor of cardiovascular events independent of coronary artery disease. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the relation of LVH to fibrinogen and C-reactive protein (CRP) as markers of inflammation and susc...

Background: Micro and macroangiopathy are two major complications of diabetes. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) and nephropathy (ND) which represented microangiopathy, are present early in type 2 diabetes. Macroangiopathy represented by atherosclerotic process assessed through intima-media thickness (IMT) of carotid artery. Microalbuminuria (MI) predictor of ND is associated with DR in type II diabetic patients and is a reliable marker of DR. The aim was to search for association bet...