Endocrine Abstracts

Morbid obesity is associated with a decreased life expectancy and a myriad of serious medical problems. The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) is the most effective procedure for the treatment of these patients, but it can be responsible of early and late complications. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the rate of visceral protein malnutrition (VPM) in morbid obese (MO) patients two years after laparoscopic RYGBP. Albumin (Alb), prealbumin (Prealb), transferrin ...

Introduction: The demand of health care for people with gender incongruence (IG) has grown exponentially especially in young population. Due to this, there is a growing number of studies that show psychological conflicts and social functioning in those individuals who have not received gender-affirming treatment with medical intervention (pubertal block, hormone or surgical treatment) and social intervention. However, the data published so far do not represent the European cou...

Introduction: Cross sex hormonal therapy with testosterone is used in female-to-male transgender people to induce the desired secondary sexual features; this could lead to an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. Data published on this subject is scarce and contradictory.Objective: To evaluate effects on weight, inflammatory and prothrombotic parameters, lipid profile, and insulin resistance after 3–4 months of testosterone treatment in transse...