Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To investigate endocrine disorders concerning bone metabolism, thyroid and gonadal axis in treatment–naïve HIV-infected male patients.Subjects and methods: We studied 70 male, treatment-naïve patients (stage A=60, stage B=10) from the Infectious Diseases Unit of our Hospital. Anthropometric indices were measured and BMI was calculated for each participant. Blood samples were obtained after an overnight fasting for the evaluation...

Background: The incidence of endocrine complications among patients with HIV infection has decreased over the last years owing to widespread administration of combined Antiretroviral Therapy (cART) at early stages of the disease. We conducted a prospective observational study aiming to characterize the effects of cART on thyroid function in a cohort of newly diagnosed treatment-naive male patients.Materials and methods: Male subjects diagnosed with HIV i...