Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is a form of autoimmune diabetes with features overlapping types 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Frequently patients with LADA could be confound with T2DM patients if it was not performed a glutamic acid decarboxilase antibodies (GADA) evaluation. Even thou LADA and T2DM have similar phenotype, patients with LADA seem to have less frequent macrovascular complications.The aim of the study was to co...

Background: Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) is a form of autoimmune diabetes with a slower decline of β cell function and distinct features from type 1 and type 2 diabetes. LADA is also a very heterogenic group. Frequently LADA is associated with other autoimmune diseases especially endocrine diseases.Aim: To evaluate prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity (TA) and its impact on cardiovascular risk and metabolic syndrome in LADA patients.</p...