Endocrine Abstracts

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disorder is common among diabetics. Few studies have shown that there is association between type of diabetes treatment and prevalence of NAFLD.Materials and methods: The prevalence of NAFLD has been evaluated in 236 diabetic patients and the association between type of diabetes treatment and NAFLD was surveyed.Results: Patients of 63.3% were female. Average age was 50.83±11.21 years. Average weight wa...

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes is associated with lower total testosterone (TT) levels in cross – sectional studies. However, it is not known whether the defect is primary or secondary.Method: We investigated the prevalence of hypogonadism in type 2 diabetes in men by measuring serum total testosterone (TT), SHBG, LH, FSH, prolactin (PRL) in 85 men with type 2 diabetes. Free testosterone (FT) was calculated by using TT and SHBG (CFT). Hypogonadism wa...