Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: This study analyzed the prevalence of newly discovered anti-thyroglobulin antibody (TgAb) and its clinical significance during the follow-up period of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer.Methods: Among patients who underwent total thyroidectomy and radioactive iodine treatment between 2008 and 2022 in a single center, 184 patients (23 male, 161 female) with Tg<1ng/ml and TgAb positive (> 60 IU/mL) at least once were targeted. ...

Background: In Republic of Korea, prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has increased substantially in recent decades, but there are no reliable estimates of the excess mortality currently associated with diabetes.Methods: We analyzed all subjects were T2DM patients over the age of 30 whose death certificates were issued at three hospitals in the Busan metropolitan area from 2010 to 2014. The causes of death were retrospectively determined based ...

Background: Recently, diabetic mortality is lower than ever before, likely due to dramatic improvements in diabetes care. This study set to analyze changes in the cause of death in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the past 20 years.Methods: All subjects were T2DM patients over the age of 30 whose death certificates were issued at six hospitals in the Busan metropolitan area from 2010 to 2014. The patients were excluded if they had been clinically diagn...

Objective: Despite beneficial effect of FGF-21 on metabolic disease, there were concerns about adverse effect on bone metabolism, supported by animal studies. However, a recent human study showed the positive association between FGF-21 and bone mineral density (BMD) in health premenopausal women. This study was undertaken to examine the association between FGF-21 and BMD in healthy postmenopausal Korean women who are susceptible to osteoporosis.<p class="a...

Objective: Dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-4 is highly abundant in the kidney. In various chronic inflammatory diseases, soluble DPP-4 activity is used as a marker for diabetes, coronary artery disease and cancer. This study examined the association between serum soluble DPP-4 levels and renal function or cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Research design and methods: Soluble DPP-4 activities were measured retrospectively in a total...

Background/objectives: This study aimed to investigate associations between self-reported sleep duration and general and abdominal obesity in Korean adults stratified according to sex and age.Subjects/methods: Data from 41,805 adults, 18–110 years of age, collected by the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) in 2007 and 2015, were included. Obesity was defined as body mass index (BMI) ≥25 kg/m2, and abdo...

Thyroid nodules were frequently incidentally discovered during radiologic studies of chest or neck. We investigated the prevalence and clinical importance of thyroid incidentaloma during carotid artery ultrasonography in patients with diabetes. We retrospectively reviewed the data of enrolling all diabetic patients who were performed carotid artery ultrasonography at the Diabetes Center of Wonju Severance Christian Hospital from January to December 2013. Chart reviews of all e...

Case history: A 26-year-old man was referred to the Endocrine Clinic due to lack of erections and infrequent shaving for 12 months. An extensive past medical history was noted, the majority of which was attributed to a diagnosis of cerebral palsy. Problems included feeding difficulties from birth with NG, followed by PEG feeding from age 3 to 20, gross motor, speech and language developmental delay, bilateral severe hearing impairment necessitating hearing aids, long sightedne...

The development of glomerular hyperfiltration precede the diagnosis of diabetes, but most study had undertaken with diabetes or obesity patients. In this study, we determine the association between glomerular hyperfiltration and other metabolic risk factors which associated diabetes in represent Korean population without chronic kidney disease. We analyzed 19 244 subjects with a estimated glomerular filtration rate(eGFR) above 60 ml/min per 1.73 m2 and urine albumin...

The development of glomerular hyperfiltration precede the diagnosis of diabetes, but most study had undertaken with diabetes or obesity patients. In this study, we determine the association between glomerular hyperfiltration and other metabolic risk factors which associated diabetes in represent Korean population without chronic kidney disease. We analyzed 19 244 subjects with a estimated glomerular filtration rate(eGFR) above 60 ml/min per 1.73 m2 and urine albumin...