Endocrine Abstracts

The aim was to assess iodine status and thyroid structure changes in a cohort of patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 (DM1) at different stages of comorbid chronic kidney disease (CKD) after achievement of adequate iodine status in Belarus. We examined 62 patients (20m; 42f; age 42.1±12.07 years; BMI 26.14±5.27 kg/m2; duration of DM1 22.9±8.67 years; age at DM1 onset 19.89±12.72 years) at CKD stages 1, 2, 3, 5 (n=28; 21; 12; 1 respecti...

Existing data on the anatomical state of the thyroid gland (ThG) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are contradictory.Objective: The aim was to analyze the anatomical features of the ThG and their correlation if it exists in patients with diabetes mellitus type 1 (T1DM) at different stages of comorbid CKD.Materials and methods: We recruited 53 patients (17 m; 36 f; age 43.7±11.3 years; BMI 25.8±5.0 kg/m2</...