Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Migraine is a common primary headache disorder that affects 12-15% of the general population. Also, vitamin D deficiency is a global health problem. A few studies have shown relationship between serum vitamin D levels and headache. The aim of this study was to investigate the difference in serum levels of 25-Hdroxy vitamin d [25(OH)D] between migraine patients and healthy controls and also to determine the relationship of vitamin D deficiency with frequency and seve...

Introduction: This study is performed for inspecting vaccination rates in geriatric patients, negatory effects leading to unvaccination and changes occuring in vaccination rates by patient education.Methods: This study is planned in a combination of two formats: retrospectively for determining last 5 years’ vaccination rates of patients and prospectively for determining the change in vaccination rates after patient education. Totally 579 diabetic pa...

Background: Thyroid hormones affect almost all the tissues of the body and their cardiovascular effects are very significant. The relationship between masked hypertension (MHT) and thyroid hormones is not known. Therefore, we sought to investigate any relationship between patients with MHT, newly diagnosed by home blood pressure monitoring, and thyroid hormones.Methods: Patients older than 18 years of age without a previous diagnosis of hypertension and ...

Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of masked hypertension (MHT) and its association with asymptomatic organ damage (AOD) in a low socioeconomic district of Ankara, Turkey.Material and methods: Data obtained from the medical records of 712 patients with no known diagnosis of hypertension that presented to a polyclinic due to symptoms related to elevated blood pressure (BP) and were screened for MHT were retrospectively reviewed. The ...

Objective: We aimed to investigate the role of sTWEAK in the pathogenesis of Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis (HT) and its relationship with IL-12, IL 17-A and TGF-β1.Methods: Serum TSH, FT4, anti-TG and anti-TPO were measured and thyroid USG was performed to both group. In addition serum samples were collected and sTWEAK, IL 17-A, IL-12 and TGF-β1 were measured.Patients: Six patients (20 patients were euthyroid, 2...

Objective: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a complex disease that affects many systems. The most important cells of the immune system are lymphomononuclear (LMN) cells. Here, we aimed to evaluate the energy metabolism of LMN cells in patients with diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance.Methods: We measured LMN cell energy metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and healthy subjects. Cells were freshly isolated fr...

Background: Triple-X (Trisomy X) is found in approximately 1 per 1000 females. Mental retardation is the most common feature in triple-X females. Women with Triple X usually are fertile, but they sometimes get the menopause earlier than other women. They are not generally phenotypically abnormal. Although reproductive organs, pubertal development, and fertility are normal in most cases. Some are first identified in infertility clinics, others in institutions for the mentally r...

Objective: Acromegaly is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, mostly due to cardiovascular complications. Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) is associated with coagulation/fibrinolysis and inflammation. Plasma TAFI may participate in arterial thrombosis in cardiovascular diseases (CVD). In this study, we aimed to evaluate the levels of TAFI antigen and also its relationship with other markers in a group of patients with acromegaly in compoa...

We planned to research the effect of the regular exercise of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) patients on metabolic control, malondialdehyde (MDA) as the oxidative stress marker and on the quality of life. The study has been carried out 64 patients diagnosed with Type 2 DM for at least 6 months, without any microvascular/macrovascular complication for diabetes, using oral anti-diabetic agent with a HbA1c value of less than 9%. The 31 patients were asked to carry out aerobic exerc...

Background and aim: In the general population, the frequency of thyroid micronodules is increasing and the prevalence of malignancy is higher in nodules at this size. The ultrasonographic features of these nodules are neither spesific nor sensitive Elastography gives information about the degree of hardness at the tissue level and provides assessment of malignancy risk of the nodule. The aim of the study was to investigate the diagnostic value of elastography in patients with ...