Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in persons with type 1 diabetes (T1DM). However, there are no CVD-risk prediction models for this population in widespread use and those developed from general population and type 2 diabetes have been shown to underestimate CVD-risk in T1DM. Recently, the Steno Type 1 Risk Engine (ST1RE) was developed for predicting CVD in a cohort of T1DM persons without clinical CVD. We investigate the relationship betwee...

Background: Women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are at increased risk for diabetes and lipid alterations.Objective: In a cohort of women with previous GDM, we aimed to ascertain whether women with abnormal glucose tolerance one year post-delivery had a more atherogenic lipid profile after pregnancy than those with normal glucose tolerance.Design and patients: A descriptive study of GDM women who underwent pr...