Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is on the increase and with this scenario, a possible increase in burden of DM which may be largely attributed to cardiovascular complications is expected. The objective of this report is to determine the prevalence and compare gender characteristics in subjects with type 2 DM.Methods: Subjects with type 2 DM were recruited from an urban hospital for the study and clinical data obtained. The anthropome...

Introduction: The objective of this Report is to evaluate for a possible association between serum uric acid levels and PAD in persons with diabetes mellitus.Methods: This was a cross sectional Study carried out in 232 DM patients, Anthropometric indices and ankle brachial pressure indices were documented. Biochemical analyses were carried out for lipid parameters, glycosylated haemoglobin and uric acid.Results: The mean age and ag...

Background: We sought to document the pattern of distribution of cytokines in patients with type 2 DM and compare cytokine levels between DM subjects with and without the Mets.Methods: Out of 200 patients with type 2 DM and 100 healthy sex and aged matched controls were studied. Anthropometric indices, lipid parameters and cytokines levels which included interleukin 10 (IL10), tumor necrosis factor α (TNF), interferon γ (IFN) and C reactive pro...

Thyrotoxicosis is the hypermetabolic clinical syndrome resulting from serum elevations in thyroid hormone levels and it is well known to be associated with cardiac morbidities. There is a dearth of reports from sub-saharan Africa on this all important complication of thyrotoxicosis hence this study sets out to bridge this gap.This was a prospective study carried out in the Endocrine Unit of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital Ikeja for a period ...