Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: High blood pressure and type 2 diabetes are two pathologies that are often closely linked. The objective of our work is to determine the prevalence of hypertension and its effects on degenerative complications in a type 2 diabetic population.Methods: This is a retrospective study including 147 patients, followed at the Tunis National Institute of Nutrition for type 2 diabetes and comorbidities.Results: The mean age of...

Introduction: The metabolic syndrome is a major public health problem. Its prevalence is constantly increasing, especially in children and adolescents. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in a population of obese children and adolescents.Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study including 47 children and adolescents recruited at the obesity unit of the National Institute of Nutrition in Tunis. Each patient underw...

Objective: Our objective was to determine the relationship between mean blood gamma-GT (GGT) levels and chronic complications of type 2 diabetes.Patients and Methods: This was a descriptive study including 89 diabetic patients followed at the department A of the National Institute of Nutrition in Tunis.Results: The mean age was 56.44 ±13.02 years. The mean GGT level was 54.77±61.13 IU/l. Diabetes was uncontrolled in 93% of ca...

Introduction: The objective of our study was to calculate the risk of cardiovascular event and arterial age in an obese Tunisian population.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in service A of the National Institute of Nutrition in Tunis. 25 patients were included. The score from The Framingham Heart Study(1) was used to calculate cardiovascular risk and arterial age.Results: The mean age was 44.28+13.2 years, the ave...

Objective: To study the characteristics of obesity in a Tunisian population and determine the associated complications.Methodology: Retrospective study including 60 obese patients followed at the obesity unit of the National Nutrition Institute of Tunis.Results: The mean age was 44±11.08 years with a female predominance of 87%. The average body mass index (BMI) was 35.7±4.8 kg/m². Obesity class I, class II and...

Aims: Screening for celiac disease in adult type 1 diabetics and studying its clinical and paraclinical profile.Patients and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study conducted among 150 adult type 1 diabetic patients followed in Department A of the National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis. All patients underwent serological screening for celiac disease.Results: The prevalence of histologically confirmed celiac disease was 3.33% w...

Introduction: Eating disorders (ED) are very frequent in the obese population. Our objective was to describe the relationship between ED and the characteristics of an obese population (food intake, anthropometric measurements, cardiometabolic complications).Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study of 100 obese Tunisian patients followed at the obesity unit of the National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis.Results: The mean age was ...