Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: The aim of the present study is to determine the effects of the diabetes mellitus (DM) treatment regimens on malignancy retrospectively.Material-Method: 655 DM patients were enrolled in this study. Patients receiving diabetes therapies for at least one year were assessed with physical examination, detailed medical and family history, habits, demographic characteristics and laboratory tests and divided into two groups according to the diabetes treatm...

Introduction: Aim is to determine vitamin D level in patients with Type 2 DM and to evaluate the relationship between vitamin D level and glycemic control.Methods: We evaluated 107 women and 63 male patients with Type 2 DM whose mean age was 55±0.81. Patients fasting blood glucose (FBG), postprandial blood glucose (PPBG), HbA1c and 25(OH)D3 level were measured. The cases were divided into three groups according to measured 25(OH)D3 level (Vitamin D ...

Introduction: Our aim was to collect demographic data of diabetes mellitus (DM) patients to determine the patients education, follow-up and treatment priorities.Material-Method: 500 patients with diagnosis of DM followed up at least 6 months were included the study. Datas containing patients demographic characteristics, treatment modalities, biochemical parameters were retrospectively reviewed. On the day of admission patients; fasting blood glucose (FBG...

Purpose: The aim of this study in new diagnosed adult women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) was to evaluate carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) and visceral fat thickness (VFT) measurement by ultrasonography and which method can be used for atherosclerosis risk follow-up.Methods: A case-control study was conducted on 22 PCOS women (18–30 years of age) and 22 controls. BMI was matched volunteer controls. Two different criteria were used to as...

Aim: Obesity prevalence increase fastly and become important health problem all around the world. Aim of our study to determine obesity and abdominal obesity prevalence in west black sea region and to display the prevalence of chronic diseases especially diabetes mellitus (DM) in obese population.Material and method: We evaluate 2222 (1418 female, 804 male, mean age 50) participant in Yigilca region. We took medical history and physical examination of al...

Background and aim: Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis pathogenesis remains unclear in spite of many factors currently suggested. Aim of the study was to explore the relationship between hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis (HT), goiter formation, and to see if HGF levels are adjusted by TSH suppression.Materials and methods: Sixty-one premenopausal women who admitted our department between November 2010-September 2011 were enrolled ...

Objective: Aim of the study was to investigate the spectrum and prevelance of goiter and thyroidal diseases by ultrasonography in moderately iodine deficient area.The MELEN study is a prospectively designed survey on the prevalence of cardio metabolic risk factors and thyroid diseases in Turkish adults. A total of 2298 subjects with a mean age of 50 (age range 18–92) were interviewed. Thyroid ultrasonography was performed and interpreted by the same...

Objective: We aimed to investigate the ultrasound (US) features and malignancy rates of thyroid nodules, below and above 1 centimeter diameter, according to fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) results.Materials and Methods: Total 157 nodular goiter patients, 60 patients’ nodules were below 1 cm and 97 patients’ nodules were above 1 cm, analyzed retrospectively. The nodules with pure cystic, peripheral calcification and inadequate cytological r...