Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hyperuricemia is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality and morbidity hence the interest in screening for hyperuricemia in the type 2 diabetic population.Objective: To investigate the association between hyperuricemia and degenerative complications in type 2 diabetics.Patients and Methods: This is a retrospective study including 130 patients followed in the C department of the National Institute of Nutriti...

Introduction: Early spontaneous miscarriage is common in diabetic women and has an unknown mechanism. This rate of spontaneous miscarriage is directly correlated to the glycemic control at the beginning of pregnancy.Objective: To assess the frequency of spontaneous miscarriage in women with diabetes.Patients and Method: This is a retrospective study including 50 diabetic women followed at department C of the National Institute of N...

Introduction: Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) is an autoimmune disease in 90% of cases and is frequently accompanied by other autoimmune diseases.Objective: To assess the frequency of autoimmune diseases in type 1 diabetics and study the particularities of this association.Patients and Method: This is a retrospective study including 120 type 1 diabetic patients hospitalized in department C of the National Institute of Nutrition in Tunis.</p...

Introduction: Dyslipidemia in type 1 diabetic patients is a frequent situation and seems to be a risk factor for the occurrence of degenerative complications. The aim of this study is to evaluate the lipid profile of type 1 diabetic patients and to study the relationship between dyslipedmia and the occurrence of degenerative complications.Method: This is a retrospective study conducted at the National Nutrition Institute of Tunis including 110 diabetic p...

Introduction: Diabetic nephropathy is a a dreadfull complication of diabetes and it is the leading cause of chronic kidney disease worldwide. Hypertension is a major cause of progression of this complication.Objective: To determine the prevalence of diabetic nephropathy, to search a correlation between the presence and duration of arterial hypertension and the occurrence of diabetic nephropathy.Patients and methods: This is a retro...

Introduction: The association of hypertension and type 2 diabetes is frequent. These two pathologies constitute each a cardiovascular risk factor with a cumulative effect which increases the cardiovascular morbi-mortality of hypertensive diabetics.Objective: To measure and compare the frequency of degenerative complications of diabetes in hypertensive and non-hypertensive diabetics.Patients and method: The study was descriptive, re...

Introduction: Hypothyroidism is a frequent endocrinopathy in type 2 diabetes (T2D) which can influence the cardiovascular profile in these patients. Our aim was to study the relationship between hypothyroidism and the occurrence of cardiovascular events in patients with T2D.Method: It is a retrospective study, including 184 T2D patients, conducted in the department C of the National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis during the year 2021.<p class="abste...

Introduction: Low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) is a frequent metabolic abnormality, associated with diabetes, may increase the cardiovascular risk of patients with type 2 diabetes. We aimed in this study, determine the prevelence of hypo HDL cholesterol and assess the associated cardiovascular risk.Method: It is a retrospective study, including 184 type 2 diabetic patients, conducted in the department C of the National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis d...

Introduction: Sudden idiopathic deafness is often a diagnosis of elimination. It is defined by an isolated sensorineural hearing loss (sensorineural deafness) unilateral and without obvious etiology but a vascular hypothesis is plausible. We report in this context a case of unilateral sudden hearing loss revealing type 2 diabetes (T2DM).Observation: This is a 40-year-old man, sedentary, with no particular pathological history, a 20-pack/year smoker and o...

Diabetes is a common disease with concomitant oral manifestations that impact dental care.Purpose: To investigate oral health awareness, oral hygiene and behavior in adults with diabetes.Subjects and methods: This study involved interviews with a sample of 30 patients with diabetes type 2 followed in the C department of the National Institute of Nutrition in Tunis using a questionnaire study on oral health behavior and awareness.</...