Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: To evaluate the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and associated risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) attended in a rural primary care setting.Methods: Cross-sectional study which included patients with T2DM followed in a rural primary care setting. Data about several cardiovascular risk factors was collected (age, sex, smoking, hypertension and dyslipidemia). Also, data about coronary heart disease (CHD) and...

Backgrounds: One of the most observations in subjects with obesity, is a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, which, in turn, it has been implicated with decreased testosterone levels and an increased hypogonadism risk. Testosterone deficiency is a very common feature in males with obesity. However, only few studies have investigated the effect of vitamin D on testosterone in the context of obesity, and controversial results has been found.Hypothesis...