Endocrine Abstracts

Recent studies revealed that the elevated tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) serum levels were associated with body fat, especially visceral adiposity, in obese healthy subjects. We investigated the relationship between circulating TNF-alpha and IL-6, parameters of body fatness, and the metabolic syndrome in chronic renal failure maintenance hemodialysis patients.Methods: We explored the relationships between fatness and vis...

Background: It has been shown that hypothyroidism is associated with atherosclerosis. The presence of atherosclerosis process could be registered by use of some Doppler Ultrasound parameters (DUP) – intima-media complex thickness (IMCT) and systolic velocity (SV). In this study we present initial DUP on the lower limb artery in treatment-naïve hypothyroid females and the influence of thyroid hormone levels and some metabolic components.Methods ...

Background: Serum paraoxonase-1 (PON-1) activity is decreased in clinical conditions associated with low high density-cholesterol (HDL-C), increased lipid peroxidation and low-grade chronic inflammation such as in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Although many studies have shown that some poly unsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) modulate cardiovascular risk in T2DM, until now there is no data about the association of any fatty acid (FA) with PON-1 activity. This study aims to inves...

Bacground: In type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the level of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), is usually decreased, and could be accused for metabolic disturbance, chronic inflammation, and accelerated atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to determine if there is any relationship between composition of plasma phospholipids PUFAs and parameters of metabolic syndrome.Methods: The study was cross-sectional. Fifteen T2DM patients 63.22±7.20, BMI...