Endocrine Abstracts

We tested the hypothesis that common genetic variability of β cell mass and/or function genes may influence β cell functional mass in type 2 diabetes (T2DM). We studied 590 drug-naive GAD-negative patients with newly diagnosed T2DM (age: median=60.0 yrs; I.Q. range: 52–66; BMI: 29.3 kg/m2; 26.5–32.9). β cell functional mass was assessed by state-of-art mathematical modeling of glucose/C-peptide curves during a 240’ frequently sampled O...

Background: Impaired glucose (G) regulation (IGR) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are common in patients with liver cirrhosis. DM development has been associated to advanced liver disease (LD) and HCV infection. The relative roles played by insulin secretion and action, advanced LD and HCV infection in DM are somewhat unclear.Aim of the study: To assess in cirrhotic patients candidate to organ transplantation with no history of G abnormalities: i) prevalence ...