Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: It has been reported that vitamin D deficiency is common in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT), and this could affect the clinical expression of the disease. However only few studies addressed this issue and refer to American or North European patients. In these studies, only about one third of the patients showed a vitamin D replete state.Subjects and methods: In 207 consecutive pHPT patients (M/F=45/162, age (mean ±<sma...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism (pHPT) is characterized by an increased frequency of glucose tolerance abnormalities associated with insulin-resistance. Few studies evaluated the relationship between insulin resistance and others cardiovascular risk factors in pHPT.Subjects and methods: In 255 consecutive pHPT patients (M/F=66/189, age (mean±S.D.): 59.9±13.7 years, PTH: 215.6±219.4 pg/ml, calcium: 11.2±1.2 mg/...