Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Many factors influence intensity and duration of exposure to ultraviolet, including geographic location, season, dietary intake, atmospheric conditions and the daily sunlight exposure. Study was performed to determine prevelance of hypovitaminosis in housebound elderly.Design: 41 people (22 men and 19 women) living in Konya Residantal Care (RC) were taken. Serum 25-OH vitamin D (VD) measured in winter and in summer. Results were evaluated b...

Methods: This study, was a cross-sectional survey. Sampling design was based upon multistage probability sampling. Patient with diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and any other diseases were excluded from the study. Age and gender were noted. Heights, weights and waist circumference (WC) were measured. BMI was calculated. Blood pressure (BP) was measured. Fasting thyrigliseride levels were evaluated. Patients were divided into two groups according to their triglyc...

Introduction: We aimed to investigate the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and relation of HOMA-IR with age, sex and body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of diabetes in Turkish population of different regions.Methods: Cross-sectional observational study was done in the frame of Turkish prevalence of insulin resistance multicenter study. The study sample consisted of volunteers from seven different regions of Turkey. Weight...

Introduction: Differentiated thyroid cancer has usually good prognosis and long-term survival. Distant metastasis ratio is 5–15%. Metastasis to cerebrum, breast, liver, kidney, muscle, and skin is relatively rare. The study of molecular mechanisms of PTC has demonstrated that BRAFV600E gene mutation is a significant event in the process of this disease.Case: 55-year-old-male patient who had multinodular goiter showed malignant cytology in fine-needl...

Introduction: Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP), is generalized with calcium, phosphate, and bone metabolism disorder due to increased PTH secretion. It’s common in fifth and sixth decades. Nowadays, it’s widely detected by measurement of blood calcium and may be presented with minimal or no symptoms.Design: 102 patients with PHP admitted to Department of Endocrinology, between years of 2008–2013 were analyzed.Result...

Introduction: Patients that were suspected to have thyroid agenesis on imaging procedures were retrospectively evaluated.Methods: Totally 4155 patients had scintigraphy imaging between years of 2010–2015 in our university. 4021 (96.77%) patients were adults (>18 years) and 134 patients (3.22%) were in the pediatric population. Among adult population, 3060 (76.1%) were female, and 1095 (27.2%) were male. In the pediatric population, 85 (63.4%) pa...

Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency has become a major public health problem. It’s known that the effects of vitamin D are made by its receptors. VDR gene polymorphisms in susceptibility to different diseases demonstrated in many studies. The polymorphisms of VDR are ApaI, TaqI, FokI, and BsmI. BsmI is the most extensively studied polymorphism. In our study, the aim is to show the frequency of VDR BsmI gene polymorphisms and to show the relationship between polymorphisms a...