Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Within the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC), many children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) are looked after at the RHSC until the age of 16 years, after which they are transferred to their local adult diabetes services. This is the first longitudinal audit within the GGC looking at the changes in diabetic control of the patient pre-and post-transfer.Method: A cohort of 75 patients referred onto the adult diabetes service from RHSC in ...

Introduction: Abdominal obesity and insulin resistance are risk factors for erectile dysfunction (ED). ED is associated with hypoandrogenism, endothelial dysfunction, lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), and reduced quality of life (QoL). We aimed to compare effects of lifestyle modification-induced weight loss on insulin resistance, endothelial and sexual function, LUTS and QoL in obese non-diabetic men with and without ED.Methods: Seventy abdominally o...

Introduction: Androgen deficiency (AD) is associated with endothelial and erectile dysfunction, lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and reduced quality of life (QoL) in obesity. We aimed to compare effects of weight loss induced by lifestyle modification on endothelial and erectile function, LUTS and QoL in obese men with and without AD.Methods: abdominally obese Asian (body mass index≥30 kg/m2, waist circumference [WC] ≧ 90 cm) m...