Endocrine Abstracts

A continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) provides a good tool to investigate the influence of glucose fluctuation on oxidative stress regarding as the pathogenesis of arteriosclerosis in type 2 diabetes (T2DM). The CGM can detect min-to-min glucose fluctuation under the daily activity and eating habit. We measured various indexes for oxidative stress and compared with the glycemic factors detected by the CGM.Methods: T2DM (n=25) and healthy controls ...

Introduction: There were some studies on the relation between subclinical hypothyroidism and arteriosclerosis, but few studies between thyroid function and diabetic microangiopathy. This study was aimed at investigating the influence of subclinical hypothyroidism on diabetic complications in Japanese population.Description of methods/design: We retrospectively surveyed a total of 106 type 2 diabetic patients with regard to thyroid function and microvascu...