Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: It is not known if non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) predates type 2 diabetes. We will study the prevalence of NAFLD in women with previous gestational diabetes (GDM), a population at ≥60% risk for the development of type 2 diabetes, while glucose tolerance is non-diabetic. It is not known if hepatic fat accumulation in NAFLD is disproportionate to fat accumulation in other tissues. We aim to study the association between fat in the liver and in tis...

No guidelines exist for the management of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) in adults. With no ideal glucocorticoid regimen to replicate normal physiology, best practice remains unclear. Concerns have been raised regarding overtreatment, particularly with longer acting steroids, and potential adverse effects on body composition and bone mineral density (BMD).We examined the case records of all 35 patients currently under review in our unit. Mean±...