Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is related with progressive decrease of renal function. Although hypertension has a major role on this relationship, it is not clear how its behavior is related to decreased renal function.Objective: To study how blood pressure (BP) measured by 24-hour ambulatory BP is related to renal function in patients with and without MS.Methods: We designed a cross-sectional study of consecutive individua...

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes (DM) is characterized by both insulin resistance and β-cell dysfunction. The oral disposition index (DIo), a measurement of β-cell function and insulin sensitivity, is considered the best predictor of progression to a worse GTS, although it was not well tested for regression to a better GTS.Objectives: To assess the validity of DIo and determine whether DIo predicts regression to a better GTS.<p class="abstext"...