Endocrine Abstracts

Aims: Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a leading cause of chronic kidney disease (DKD). Various hormonal disturbances are not rare among DKD patients. Adipose tissue as an active endocrine organ with multiple metabolic effects may play an extra important role in hormonal disbalance during progressive kidney function decline. The purpose of the study was to investigate potential relationship between thyroid status and adiponectin levels in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and DK...