Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Masculinizing Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy (GAHT) generally aims to induce testosterone levels equivalent to those of cisgender men and to reduce estradiol levels. There are no studies about bioavailable testosterone in this population.Aims: To determine the variation of the serum levels of sexual hormones in transmasculine people under GAHT and study the correlations between them and with BMI.Methods: Longitudina...

Introduction: Obesity is a heterogenous disorder. One of its subtypes that has been recently described is termed the metabolically healthy, but obese (MHO) individuals. Preliminary evidence suggests that this could be due to lower visceral fat levels and earlier onset of obesity.Objectives: To determine the prevalence of MHO in a sample of obese patients. To evaluate whether body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) are...

IntroductionPheochromocytomas are rare catecholamine-producing neuroendocrine tumours arising from chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla or extra-adrenal sympathetic paraganglia(paragangliomas).AimTo characterise demographic, clinical, and biochemical/genetic features of a cohort of patients with pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma (PPGL), assessing for differences between two-time periods over a three-decad...