Endocrine Abstracts

Adipose tissue distribution is one of the key determinants of metabolic dysfunction in obesity. Several large scale studies found that enlarged neck circumference is independently associated with cardiovascular risk.The aim of this study was to examine the association of neck circumference with metabolic risk factors in patients undergoing neck surgery.In 36 patients undergoing thyroid or vascular neck surgery we determined serum l...

Adipose tissue is an endocrine organ that actively contributes to the development of the metabolic dysfunction but it is not homogenous and the nature of its impact considerably depends on its anatomic location. So far both subcutaneous and deep neck adipose tissue depots were individually related to increased metabolic risk but their particular features were not mutually compared. Adiponectin is an adipocytokine that has consistently showed higher mRNA expression in subcutane...