Endocrine Abstracts

Background: It has been hypothesized that patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DP) are very suspicious to have hypercortisolism, especially those which a high HbA1c level. The prevalence of hypercortisolism also could be high in obese patients (OP).Methods: To 111 DP (male:female, 1:3; 58 (50; 64) years old; HbA1c, 9.5±2.2%), and 39 OP (male:female 2:1, 22 (20; 28) years old) 1 mg dexamethasone suppression test (DST-1) have been done. If post-DST...