Endocrine Abstracts

While low testosterone levels are associated with higher incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in males. In contrast, hyperandrogenism is associated with higher risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in females.We, therefore, have assessed alterations in beta-cell functions before and after testosterone replacement therapy in male patients with idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (IHH) and before and after anti-androgen therapy in patients with polycystic...

Hypogonadism is associated with increased body fat content and insulin resistance. Many associations including ADA, IDF and EASD declare that waist circumference is a reliable measure of visceral adiposity and may account for insulin resistance. Our observations in young male patients with idiopathic hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism (IHH) are opposite. Thus, we aimed to compare body fat content and anthropometric measurements between patients and age-matched eugonadal healthy co...