Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The frequency of obesity is increasing in Algeria, insulin resistance is one of the consequences pathological of the abdominal obesity. The purpose of this work is to study the implication of the abdominal obesity in the insulinorésistance and the complications which arise by the latter.Materials and methods: The study is realised on 105 obese (85 women and 20 men) (BMI >30) and 55 thin (40 women and 15 men) with mean age 37.60&#17...