Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Despite the well-recognized health benefits of fresh fruit consumption, substantial uncertainties remain about its potential effects on glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Methods: We examined the association of fresh fruit consumption and glycemic control in patients with T2DM using data from the 7th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Study samples were divided into 3 groups based on the wee...

Background: In Republic of Korea, prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has increased substantially in recent decades, but there are no reliable estimates of the excess mortality currently associated with diabetes.Methods: We analyzed all subjects were T2DM patients over the age of 30 whose death certificates were issued at three hospitals in the Busan metropolitan area from 2010 to 2014. The causes of death were retrospectively determined based ...

Background: Postsurgical hypocalcemia is the most common and most troubling long-term consequence of thyroidectomy. In this study, we investigated the potential role of routine calcium or vitamin D supplementation in preventing postsurgical hypoparathyroidism.Methods: We carried out a systematic search of MEDLINE and EMBASE for English-language publications using the keywords “calcium”, “vitamin D”, and “thyroid cancer&#8221...

Background: Pregnancy with Cushing syndrome (CS) is rare because infertility is associated with hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism by cortisol and androgens excess. Here we reported the cases of CS that presented signs and symptoms of CS after delivery.Case reports: The first case is a 30-year-old woman who presented 8 months after second baby delivery amenorrhea even though she stopped breastfeeding. For 3 months before her visit, she gained weight and had ...

Background: Recently, diabetic mortality is lower than ever before, likely due to dramatic improvements in diabetes care. This study set to analyze changes in the cause of death in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the past 20 years.Methods: All subjects were T2DM patients over the age of 30 whose death certificates were issued at six hospitals in the Busan metropolitan area from 2010 to 2014. The patients were excluded if they had been clinically diagn...

Eating behavior is determined by both homeostatic and hedonic values. We investigated the association of hedonic value with striatal dopamine transporter (DAT) availability sub-regionally. An intravenous bolus injection of 18F-FP-CIT was administered after the infusion of glucose or placebo, and the emission data were acquired over 90 mins. DAT availability, binding potential (BPND), were measured via the simplified reference tissue method. Subje...