Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The complex involvement of multiple metabolic defects in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) makes difficult the treatment in monotherapy, therefore, the use of different antidiabetic drugs with different and complementary mechanisms of action could result in better glycemic control with favorable metabolic changes.Objective: To determine the effectiveness and safety of the addition of a sodium-glucose co-transporter type 2 in...

Background: Cross-sex hormone therapy (CHT) is known to lead to alterations in cardiovascular risk factor(CVRF).Objective: To assess changes in lipid profile and other CVRF in transsexual subjects receiving CHT.Materials and methods: Retrospective longitudinal study. We evaluated individuals with gender identity disorder following CHT, assisted in the Gender Identity Unit from 2015 to 2017. Primary endpoint was lipid profile change...

Objective: To evaluate the baseline characteristics and their evolution three months after implantation of the Flash glucose monitoring System (Freestyle Libre), after financing by the Andalusian Health Service in patients under 18 years old with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM1) in our hospital area.Material and Methods: A descriptive observational and retrospective study that includes patients with DM1 under 18 years old from the southern hospital area of...

Objectives: Assess the canagliflozin effect on the ABPI in patients without previous treatment with iSGLT-2 as a possible etiology of tissue hypoperfusion and a risk factor for amputations.Material and methods: Prospective observational study where we analyzed patients diagnosed of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) with poor metabolic control and without prior treatment with iSGLT-2, which is initiated treatment with canagliflozin. Clinical, biochemical par...