Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aims: Depression is a common co-morbidity among people with diabetes that reduces quality of life and is associated with morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. We aimed to assess the prevalence of depression among patients with type 2 diabetes in two Arabic nations, Egypt and Yemen and to examine its relationship with socio-demographic data and diabetes complications.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis on 200 subjects wi...

Background and aims: Depression is a common co-morbidity among people with diabetes that reduces quality of life and is associated with morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. We aimed to assess the prevalence of depression among patients with type 2 diabetes in two Arabic nations, Egypt and Yemen and to examine its relationship with socio-demographic data and diabetes complications.Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis on 200 subjects wi...

Multiple factors contribute to the etiology of Graves disease(GD), including genetic and environmental factors.vitamin D is well known in calcium metabolism and has also been shown to be a modulator in innate and adaptive immunity. There is a well-established link between vitamin D deficiency and various autoimmune diseases. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was reported to be common in patients with GD. Whether vitamin D deficiency has a causal relationship with GD remai...