Endocrine Abstracts

Background and Aim: Diabetes mellitus (DM) represents a substantial burden on health care systems, being the 8th leading cause of death and disability in the world in 2019, associated with long-term microvascular (neuropathy, retinopathy, and nephropathy) and macrovascular (ischemic heart disease, stroke, peripheral vascular disease) complications. DM comorbidities lead to a substantial decrease in quality of life, as well as important socio-economic consequences. In 2022, the...