Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction and objective: Cardiovascular mortality is high in acromegaly. Our aim in this study was to determine the levels of the new cardiovascular marker in active acromegaly patients, the mean platelet volume (MPV) values before and after octreotide acetate long-acting repeatable treatment.Material and methods: Thirty-six patients with active acromegaly who presented at the Endocrinology Department (mean age 46.0±14.0 years and mean BMI: 30.4&...

Aims: Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is a marker which demonstrates 3-month average level of blood glucose level. In individuals with high blood sugar level for a long time is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). There is a need for simple and cost-effective markers to determine the risk of CVD in primary health care settings. In this study, we aimed to investigate the value of HbA1c for predicting cardiovascular risk in healthy non-diabetic individ...