Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine serum concentrations of adiponectin (ApN), leptin and ghrelin in different stages of anorexia nervosa (AN) and to evaluate their relationships between biochemical, hormonal and anthropometric parameters.Materials and methods: The study is composed of four groups. Group 1: Treatment-naïve patients with a recent diagnosis of AN (n: 19), Group 2: The weight recovered (10% increase in body weight c...

Enormous evidence suggests that vitamin D deficiency could be linked to several chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, depression and cancer. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its correlates to test the hypothesis that vitamin D deficiency was common among adult Turkish population, particularly in women. The Turkish Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity and Endocrine Disease Survey (TURDEP-II) Jan to J...

Aim: Thyroid hormones play an important role in bone remodeling. The aim of the study was to evaluate the changes of bone markers and osteoprotegerin (OPG)/sRANK-L levels during follow-up in a group of patients with thyroid cancer.Material and methods: Twenty euthyroid women with the diagnosis of differentiated thyroid cancer were enrolled to the study (39.25±13.46 years, 6 postmenopausal) before thyroidectomy. Samples were collected before the oper...