Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aims: Hypovitaminosis D may be associated with metabolic parameters in addition to its well-known calcemic actions. There is increasing evidence that vitamin D metabolism affects the risk of insulin resistance although the underlying molecular mechanism of this association is not clear but on the basis of evidence it is not clear whether or not vitamin D supplementation therapy in vitamin D-deficient prediabetics affects the prevention of type 2 diabetes. Our st...

Objective: Recent recommendations suggest that HbA1c as a stable and standardised index of chronic glucose exposure over time and could be used as a better biochemical marker for the diagnosis of diabetes and prediabetes. Our aim in this cross-sectional study is to assess the validity of HbA1c as a screening tool for the detection of prediabetes in our patient population.Methods: The study was done in 265 patients selected among the participants attended...