Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Sleep disturbances are widespread and closely associated with pituitary diseases, even those under long-term therapeutic management. The aim of this study was to investigate sleep quality, depression, anxiety, and physical activity in patients with non-functioning pituitary adenoma (NFPA) and determine the factors that might be associated with decreased quality of sleep.Method: Eighty-two patients with NFPAs and 82 age- and gender-matched control su...

Context: The impact of abnormal cortisol secretion on cognitive functions in patients with mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS) remains uncertain.Objective: To assess cognitive functions, determine serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) concentration in patients with MACS, and investigate the possible association between cognitive subdomains and BDNF after minimizing the impact of body mass index (BMI) and visceral adiposity.<p class="ab...

Background: Adrenal venous sampling (AVS) is the gold standard diagnostic approach for differentiating unilateral from bilateral primary aldosteronism (PA). However, it is a costly, invasive, and operator-dependent procedure with restricted availability.Objectives: It was aimed to develop a prediction model based on a simple clinical score with prominent parameters from the current literature for the subtype diagnosis of PA. The contribution of adrenal v...