Endocrine Abstracts

IntroductionMetabolic steatopathy or non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are common diseases that regularly coexist and can act in synergy by increasing the risk of metabolic complications and cardiovascular events. NAFLD seems to be frequently associated with metabolic risk factors reflecting the metabolic syndrome. The aim of this study is to analyse the characteristics of this association in type 2 diabetics.<p cla...

IntroductionDiabetic peripheral neuropathy is a common degenerative complication of diabetes. The aim of our work is to focus on the prevalence of this complication in relation to the imbalance of diabetes in type 2 diabetics (T2DM).Materials and methodsThis is a retrospective study, including 202 type 2 diabetic patients hospitalized in an Endocrinology-Diabetology department, over a 6-year time period. All ...

IntroductionThe number of elderly diabetics continues to increase and represent a large and great fraction of the elderly and diabetics. Thus the objective of our study is to show the particularities in this population.Materials and MethodsThis is a retrospective study included 107 type 2 diabetic patients aged 65 years and older hospitalized in an Endocrinology-Diabetology and Nutrition department of Mohamd ...

IntroductionAn increasing number of type 1 diabetics (T1DM) are being identified as having characteristics of metabolic syndrome and obesity. The aim of our work is to assess the prevalence of overweight and degenerative complications in a population with type 1 diabetes.Material and methodsThis is a descriptive and retrospective study concerning 377 type 1 diabetics hospitalized in the endocrinology-diabetol...

IntroductionType 2 diabetes is a field of immunosuppression predisposes to infections in all its locations. The mode of revelation by degenerative or infectious complications is frequent. The aim of our work is to study the epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic aspects of infections that reveal type 2 diabetes.Material and methodsThis is a retrospective study, including 35 type 2 diabetic patients, hospit...