Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The prevalence of cardiometabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, dysipidemia and metabolic syndrome is increased in patients with Klinefelter syndrome (KS). The mechanism by which cardiometabolic risk increases in patients with KS remains to be completely elucidated. We investigated the presence of inflammation, insulin resistance and endothelial dysfunction in an unconfounded population of KS.Methods: A total of 31 patients wi...