Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Late night salivary cortisol appears to be promising as a simple stress-free screening test for Cushing’s syndrome (CS). But there is no consensus on the cut-off value because of the lack of availability larger studies and of standardization of assays. The normal reference ranges are assay-dependent and should be validated for each laboratory.Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of late-night salivary cor...

Introduction: Glycaemic variability has been proposed as a contributing factor for development of diabetes related complications. This concept originated from Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) study, in which, although the HbA1C was similar in conventional and intensively treated groups, the incidence of retinopathy was higher in the conventional group. This was attributed to glycaemic variability. Studying glycaemic variability in prediabetes wou...