Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: T2DM (type 2 diabetes mellitus) appears to worsen the course of NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease) and NAFLD can make diabetes management more challenging. Long-term, NAFLD can lead to liver fibrosis, steatohepatitis, cirrhosis, and end-stage liver disease. This study aimed to examine factors associated with NAFLD measures in early T2DM.Methods: Subjects (n=144) with early T2DM (<=3 years) and obesity (BMI>=27 kg/m<s...

Background: Severe obesity, BMI ≥40 kg/m2, confers a greater risk for graft loss and mortality among renal transplant patients. Transplantation provides a better survival and quality of life in overweight dialysis patients. Higher BMI is associated with progressively increased risk of CKD stages 4–5, hazard ratio of 3.10 (CI 2.95–3.25) for BMI ≥35 kg/m2. A recent meta-analysis found pre-transplant BMI <30 kg/m2 is asso...

Introduction: Adipose tissue oxygen consumption and blood flow are altered in obesity inducing local tissue hypoxia. Hypoxia affects several biological functions including adipogenesis, inflammation, insulin resistance and metabolism affecting the overall degree of adiposity. The expression of Annexin A1 (ANXA1); an anti-inflammatory protein, increases in the adipose tissue in response to obesity and further increases in the subcutaneous adipose tissue of old obese individuals...