Endocrine Abstracts

We aimed to observe the association between degree of obesity and metabolic syndrome and plasma thyrotropin levels in obese, euthyroid patients. 947 obese and overweight patients who admitted to our outpatient clinic were assessed retrospectively. 150 healthy euthyroid cases were also recruited as the control group. Cases with metabolic syndrome were determined. Patients were divided into various subgroups as overweight, obese, morbid obese, men, and women. No statistical sign...

Patients with hypoparathyroidism may have sypmptoms consistent with physical, emotional and cognitive dysfunctions which may cause impaired quality of life (QOL). We included 266 patients (20–79 years; 231 women/35 men) who were being treated for hypoparathyroidism. They were taking conventional therapies for hypoparathyroidism; calcium, active vitamin D and magnesium when needed. We applied Beck Depression Scale, Anxiety Scale and SF-36 QOL scale to the patients. The et...