Endocrine Abstracts

Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the world is constantly increasing and today the type 2 diabetes pandemic is the point of issue. The type 2 diabetes incidence in exposed individuals i.e. the participants of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident consequences clean-up works (ChNPP ACUW) in Ukraine in the post-accident years was about 15-21%, which was significantly higher (p<0.0001) than in the non-irradiated persons (3-9%). The adipose tissue is actively in...

Several million people in Ukraine and other countries had been exposed to ionizing radiation during the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident (ChNPPA) on April 26, 1986. The ChNPPA clean-up personnel involved in emergency and recovery works in the 30-kilometer exclusion zone of power plant in the nearest days or months and/or for a long time had received the highest radiation doses due to external gamma-exposure and from incorporated radioactive isotopes with high affinity to...