Endocrine Abstracts

Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is associated with a 2-4 fold increased risk of mortality largely due to cardiovascular disease.Therefore patients with newly diagnosed (T2DM) are at increased cardiovascular risk and may already have cardiovascular complications. Estimating the risk of future events would be important towards potential preventative measures. Ethics Committee Approval was obtained to estimate the risk of vascular complications in a cohort of newly ...

Studies in the general population have shown a prevalence of the metabolic syndrome of 17-25%. We have studied the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). A total of 150 consecutive patients with type 1 (21%) or type 2 DM (79%), mean age 59.1y (28-85), attending for annual review were studied to determine if they satisfy (ATP III) diagnostic criteria for the metabolic syndrome. Fasting plasma glucose, triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, blood ...