Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes affects the puberty and staturopondral development of young diabetics.Objective: Assess pubertal status in young DT1 patients and determine factors influencing pubertal development.Materiel and method: Retrospective study involving 89 type 1 diabetics aged ≤ 18 years hospitalized in the department C of the National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis between January 2022 and October 2022.<p class...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus, evolving as a silent epidemic, is a chronic metabolic disease associated with high morbidity and mortality among the patients. In addition to its micro and macrovascular complications as well as its impact on quality of life, evidence has shown that patients with diabetes mellitus are prone to poor sleep quality [1]. This study aims to evaluate the sleep quality (SQ) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to determine possible fac...

Introduction: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of the most common and early manifested complication in adults with type 2 diabetes leading to severe repercussions including foot ulcers, amputations and chronic pain. Furthermore painful diabetic neuropathy can also negatively impact a wide range of key human physiological processes including sleep disturbance [1]. The aim of our study was to determine the effect of neuropathic pain on sleep component.<p class="ab...

Introduction: Iron deficiency is common in pregnant women, and it causes an increased risk of premature delivery and fetal death. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of iron deficiency in pregnant women and find out the most common risk factors associated with anemia.Methods: We performed a retrospective study on 52 pregnant women hospitalized in the c nutrition department. The definition of anemia as well as the objectives of the differ...

Introduction: Cognitive disorders are common in the elderly population. Diabetes accelerates cognitive deterioration in this population. We aimed to estimate the frequency of cognitive disorders in elderly diabetics ubjects.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study including200 elderly diabetic patients. Cognitive function was assessed using the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score. Participants having a score below 26 were considered cognitively impaired.ResultsMedian HbA...

Introduction: Sarcopenia, defined by a loss of strength and muscle mass, is initially described in elderly subjects but now is increasingly observed in younger patients with cancer. In addition, loss of muscle mass appears to be progressive during neoadjuvant chemotherapy. The aim of this study was to analyse the body composition of breast cancer patients and determine the prevalence of sarcopenia during chemotherapy.Methodology: This was a cross-section...

Introduction: Oligoelements are essential for body metabolism and normal physiological processes. Deficiency of these micronutrients is associated with multiple situations such as malnutrition. Despite numerous reports linking micronutrient deficiencies to serious health complications, attention to this issue is poor among clinicians.Objective: We investigated the nature of oligoelements deficiencies that arose in underweight patients in order to determi...

Introduction: Undernutrition is a pernicious and frequent situation that often remains undetected and insufficiently treated. The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence of malnutrition in adult patients seen in specialized nutrition consultation.Materials and methods: It was a cross-sectional study, including adult patients consulting our specialized nutrition unit in the outpatient department and functional exploration of the National Institut...