Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction and aims: Association between coronary artery disease (CAD) and male gonadal status has been previously suggested, but still remains inconclusive. Aims of our study in males with recent acute coronary syndrome (ACS) were to evaluate the prevalence of hypogonadism, to compare their gonadal status with non-ACS matched controls and to evaluate gonadal status by the extent of CAD.Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional retrospective study includ...

Objectives: There is no consensus about specific serum 25(OH)D levels associated with higher risk of severe outcome in COVID-19 patients. According to the literature patients with serum 25(OH)D levels < 12 ng/ml are clearly deficient at all ages. Our aim was to assess COVID-19 mortality in the settings of severe 25(OH)D deficiency.Methods: A cohort study of 357 COVID-19 patients was conducted. Subjects were monitored until discharge or in-hospital de...