Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To investigate the impact of dietary intervention of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) intake on hormonal and metabolic profile in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).Methods: After baseline evaluation, 23 women with PCOS (mean±S.D., age: 23.4±5.7 years; body mass index (BMI): 26±5.7 kg/m2) underwent the following consecutive 2-month dietary regimens: a hypocaloric diet with ad-libitum</...

Background: Incidentally discovered adrenal adenomas (AA) are associated with increased prevalence of hypertension, obesity, and impaired glucose tolerance, all established risk factors for cardiovascular (CV) morbidity. However, most studies were performed in patients with AA and autonomous cortsisol and/or aldosterone secretion, whereas the presence of cardiovascular risk in patients with non-secreting AA has not been looked into detail.Methods: Cardio...

Background: Subclinical Cushing’s syndrome (SCS) due to incidentally discovered adrenal adenomas (AI) has been associated with increased prevalence of hypertension, obesity, and impaired glucose tolerance which are established risk factors for cardiovascular morbidity. Although functional and morphological (structural) changes of endothelium have been correlated with cardiovascular morbidity this has not been looked into detail in patients with adrenal incidentalomas....