Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is growing problem nowadays. Disorder of mineral metabolism occurs in initialCKD and includes the changes of bone metabolism. Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) plays an important role in phosphate metabolism. Bearing in mind this physiological role of FGF23, but also it’s role in pathophysiology of mineral and bone metabolism, there is a growing interest in conducting clinical studies in patients affected by CKD. Our aim was to...

Purpose: Diabetic nephropathy is one of the leading causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Poor regulated glycemic control can result in progression of CKD. As diabetes mellitus (DM) and obesity can participate in development of atherosclerosis, the aim of this study was to assess the association of HbA1c and BMI in patients with CKD with intima-media thickness (IMT) as the early marker of atherosclerosis.Methods: This cross-sectional study included 88 ...

Introduction: In patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D), depression increases the risk for persistent hyperglycemia, diabetes complications and mortality. Most results demonstrated that depression is associated with nearly all important medical and psychosocial outcome parameters of T1D. Also, it has been demonstrated that poor diabetes self-care can result from patients’ lack of knowledge or existing psychosocial issues, primarily depression. The aim of the study was to det...