Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: Obesity is a risk factor for Type 2 diabetes mellitus. This study evaluated the relationship between central obesity and fasting plasma glucose (FPG).Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study involving five hundred and twenty one (521) adult participants (134 males and 387 females) of a community health survey in Sagamu, Isara and Ode-Remo, Nigeria. The waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) o...

Background: Sheehan’s syndrome (SS) is rarely encountered in developed countries due to advanced obstetric care but it is still frequent and a major threat to women in developing nations. Anaemia among other risk factors may increase the risk of Sheehan’s syndrome.Case report: 36 year old woman, known sickle cell disease (SCD) patient with previous history of stroke in childhood, presented to the heamatologists on account of generalized body we...