Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Obesity has been associated with low levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D). This could be explained by a low dietary intake, reduced sun exposure or less biodisponibility because of its arrest in the fat mass. The main objective is to study the prevalence of 25(OH)D deficiency in premenopausal obese women.Methods: Aleatory sample of 100 morbidly obese patients. Selection criteria were: women, premenopausal, Caucasian. Patient with diabetes ...

Introduction: It has been described that early post-operative cortisol value <2 μg/dl might predict long-term remission while ACTH value has been less described.Objective: To study early post-operative ACTH and cortisol levels in Cushing’s disease patients as predictor factor of long-term remission.Patients: 61 consecutive patients (12 men/49 women), mean age 42.6 years (17–86 years) undergoing transphenoidal hyp...