Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Correction of Insulin resistance (IR) and dyslipidemic conditions of obese patients is important for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The aim of our study is to determine the relationship between IR and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) in obese patients.Material and methods: 248 patients over the age of eighteen, non-pregnant, followed with a diagnosis of obesity but did not receive the treatment of metfor...

Introduction: Diabetes insipidus (di) is a water metabolism disorder caused by antidiuretic hormone pathologies. In this study, we evaluated, retrospectively, pituitary hormone profiles and pituitary magnetic resonance imaging (mri) findings of patients with di.Material and methods: After local ethic committee approval, 300 patients were evaluated retrospectively. Patients with a history of pituitary surgery and/or radiotherapy were excluded. Luteinizing...

Aim: Diabetes and prediabetes become prevalent day by day, likewise their complications are also as important as they are. Lipid profile is also evaluated for cardiovascular diseases which are the major complications of diabetes and prediabetes. Non-HDL cholesterol has begun to be taken as one of the treatment goals, especially in diabetics, with respect to the recent dyslipidemia guidelines. The aim of this study is to compare non-HDL values in women with normal or impaired g...