Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is part of the spectrum of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). NASH commonly occurs in patients with type 2 DM and is less recognised in type 1 DM. The natural history of NASH in adult patients suggests potential development of progressive fibrosis and cirrhosis. However, secondary glycogenosis, commonly occurs in type 1 DM, is reversible when good glycaemic control is achieved, but may be misidentified as NASH b...

Aims and objectives: This study was undertaken to look at the agreement between the hologic database (HD) based on NHANES bone mineral density (BMD) data in Caucasians and the ICMR database (ICMRD) published in 2010 in defining normal and subnormal BMD in subjects with or without hip fracture and to arrive at a BMD cut off which has a high sensitivity of predicting fracture.Materials and methods: A cross sectional study of 3098 subjects (men-341 and wome...