Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Pituitary apoplexy is a rare endocrine emergency due to hemorrhage of the pituitary gland. The clinical presentation depends on the extent of bleeding and can deteriorate into a life-threatening condition if complicated by a subarachnoid hemorrhage, as previously described in 2 cases.Case Description: A 60-year-old woman presented herself at the emergency department because of confusion for several hours. Clinical examination revealed aniso...

Background and AimsPeople with type 1 diabetes (T1D) have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) despite insulin therapy to treat hyperglycaemia. Insulin resistance may be a contributing factor to CVD. Insulin resistance is strongly associated with NAFLD, which is increasingly linked to CVD. The estimated glucose disposal rate (eGDR) correlates well with the euglycemic clamp, which is the gold standard to assess insulin resistance in T1D, but ...

Background: Insulin resistance is proposed as a causative factor of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the general population. Reports on NAFLD in type 1 diabetes (T1D) are increasing , but whether insulin resistance is linked to NAFLD in this population needs elucidation. Furthermore, people with T1D are an excellent model to investigate insulin resistance in relation to NAFLD without confounding by autologous insulin production.Aims and Metho...

IntroductionLipid accumulation product (LAP), an index based on waist circumference (WC) and serum triglyceride levels, is associated with the presence and severity of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). However, its potential as a risk marker of NAFLD in subjects with type 1 diabetes (T1D) has not been studied yet.AimsThis study evaluated the ability of LAP to estimate the presence of NAFLD in adults ...

Background and aimsLow levels of testosterone and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in obese men are both linked to the metabolic syndrome, but the independent association between testosterone and NAFLD needs to be elucidated. In this cross-sectional analysis the association between total testosterone (total T) and calculated free testosterone (cFT) on the one hand and NAFLD, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and fibrosis on the other hand was...

Background: An increasing number of people with type 1 diabetes (TlD) have co-existing insulin resistance (IR). Our goal was to investigate whether IR is associated with continuous glucose monitor (CGM)-derived parameters (glucometrics) such as time in range (TIR), time above range (TAR), time below range (TBR) and glycaemic variability (CV).Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of two separate clinical studies (NCT0...

Aims: To identify factors associated with early postpartum weight retention (PPWR) in women with recent gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).Methods: Multicentric prospective study in women with a recent history of GDM based on the IADPSG criteria at the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) 6-16 weeks postpartum. Data obtained from electronic medical records, self-administered questionnaires, clinical examination and blood sample collection were used for th...

Aims: To compare the characteristics, pregnancy outcomes and tolerance of screening tests between women who prefer a two-step screening strategy with a glucose challenge test (GCT), women who prefer an one-step screening strategy with an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and women without clear preference for screening method for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Methods: 1803 women from a Belgian multi-centric prospective cohort study (BEDIP-N study...