Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Some metabolic diseases, including type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 (T2DM) diabetes mellitus have an influence on bone homeostasis. These facts are of great socio-medical impact, since currently the DM2 and osteoporosis are considered public health problems.Objectives: (1) Determine the relationship between markers of bone metabolism and insulin resistance in postmenopausal women with and without T2DM.(2) Compare the bone min...

Introduction: Gender identity disorder (GID) is a disagreement between biological sexual differentiation and self-declared gender identity. The aetiology of GID remains unclear, although endocrinological, neuroanatomical and psychosocial factors are all thought to be causally involved. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is characterized by chronic anovulation, polycystic ovarian morphology, and biochemical and/or biological signs of hyperandrogenism. Most women with PCOS also ex...

Introduction: Reference ranges for classifying a patient as hyper-, normo- and hypothyroidism vary from one laboratory to another, because the techniques used, regional factors (race, iodine..), but there is also the variables of age and sex of the patient are not taken. Article Thyroid Volume 21, Number 1, 2011, 5–11 Boucai et al, published equations to adjust the normal range in terms of these variables. Evaluate these equations and see if there are significant changes ...

Prevalence of hyperandrogenism (HA) and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) in female to male transsexuals (FMT) is controversial. To known the prevalence of hyperandrogenism and PCOS in FMT, and their relation with insulin resistance (IR) and other cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF), we studied 77 Spanish consecutive FMT cases, the first ones who appeared in our Gender Unit between May 2007 and Dec 2008, aged 18–43 years. The subjects had never received hormonal treatment o...