Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Microalbuminuria is known as a predictor of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with and without diabetes, as well as the general population. The objective was to determine whether there was an association between the urinary albumin excretion and CVD risk by estimating the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) in nondiabetic middle-aged adults.Methods: This study was based on data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,...

Objectives: The activating mutation (L206R) in PRKACA has been reported in more than 30–50% of cases with cortisol-producing adenomas (CPAs). We aimed to compare the clinical characteristics and gene expression profiling between PRKACA L206R mutant and wild type CPAs.Methods: We included 57 subjects with CPAs who underwent adrenalectomy at Seoul National University Hospital. Sanger sequencing for PRKACA w...