Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Adipose tissue dysfunction can play a role in the neuroendocrine and haematopoietic dysfunctions affecting thalassaemic patients.Aim of the work: In this work, we aimed to study the serum levels of adiponectin, an adipocytokine, in Egyptian β-thalassemia patients in relation to their endocrinal complications.Subjects and methods: The study included 60β-thalassaemia patients; (major, intermedia, and minor) and ...

Background: Vitamin D is a growing endemic problem. Wide proportions of healthy adults are deficient in vitamin D. It is very important for skeletal and non-skeletal health. It is now well established that many people have vitamin D levels that are less than currently recommended for optimal healthAim of this work: To assess vitamin-D sufficiency/deficiency in a sample of healthy Egyptian adult males in Dakahlia Governorate in Northern Egypt and correlat...

Background: Hyperglycaemia produces various changes in the vascular tissue at the cellular level that accelerates the atherosclerosis. There is a direct correlation among carotid arterial stiffness and serum fetuin-A level. Fetuin-A is a marker of the inflammatory nutritional state and acts as a protective agent because it solubilises the calcium phosphate salt.Aim of this work: To study the role of fetuin A in atherosclerosis and its association with ty...

Background: Diabetes is a risk factor for both PAD and PAD-associated mortality. Diabetic patients have worse arterial disease and a poorer outcome than nondiabetic patients. Fetuins are blood proteins made in the liver more abundant in fetal blood. Fetuin-A is regarded as an inhibitor of systemic calcification.Aim of this work: To assess the relationship between plasma fetuin-A levels and peripheral vascular disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus.<p cl...

Background: Gestational diabetes mellitus is any degree of glucose intolerance with first diagnosis during pregnancy; it affects 3–10% of pregnancies. The presence of diabetes-related autoantibodies has shown to be able to predict the development of type 1 diabetes before hyperglycemia arises.Aim of work: To recognize the prevalence of islet cell antibodies among a sample of Egyptian females with gestational diabetes and its possible relation of dev...