Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The evidence shows that the prevalence of metabolic syndrome is increased in patients with hypogonadism. However, much of the data regarding this association comes from the elderly patients with obesity, hypertension or type 2 diabetes. The total testosterone levels alter physiologically in these conditions and thus can falsify the association. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in young adults with hypogonadism who do not have any c...

Objective: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a life-threatening genetic disease associated with elevated low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and premature coronary heart disease that is globally underdiagnosed and undertreated. This study aimed to search for the demographical characteristics, awareness and treatment adherence of underdiagnosed or undertreated FH patients from the records of the central biochemistry laboratory.Methods: Patient...