Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Craniopharyngiomas are benign epitelial tumors located in the suprasellar region and they are associated to several comorbidities. Our aim is to describe hormonal deficiency and complications after surgery.Design: Descriptive study of patients that underwent surgery of craniopharyngioma. Data collected included hormonal levels, clinical data and mortality. Quantitative variables with normal distribution are shown as mean and standard deviat...

Background: Obesity has been associated with low levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D). This could be explained by a low dietary intake, reduced sun exposure or less biodisponibility because of its arrest in the fat mass. The main objective is to study the prevalence of 25(OH)D deficiency in premenopausal obese women.Methods: Aleatory sample of 100 morbidly obese patients. Selection criteria were: women, premenopausal, Caucasian. Patient with diabetes ...

Introduction: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic disease at risk of malnutrition. The aim of the study is to assess nutritional status of patients with CF.Methods: Descriptive study of CF patients referred for a nutritional evaluation. Data collected included lung function, pancreatic and carbohydrate metabolism (according to ADA’s diagnostic criteria), anthropometric and laboratory parameters. Results are shown as mean (S.D.).<p c...