Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: To determine the association between recorded inpatient glycaemic variability and long-term mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus.Methods: Inpatient capillary blood glucose (CBG) readings from eight acute hospitals were included. Data was analysed from first admission within the dataset with >4 measured CBGs. 28 353 admissions were identified (24 181 type 2 DM, 4,172 type 1 DM). Matching parameters were: age, diabetes duration, admission ...

Background: Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer (PCa) leads to a global loss of lean mass. ADT leads to sexual dysfunction and a selective loss of leg muscle function, however individual muscle volumes have never been evaluated. We aimed to assess in men undergoing ADT, the muscle volumes of levator ani, which in mice is androgen-responsive, and of lower-limb muscles.Methods: We conducted a prospective case-control study involving 34 m...