Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The aim of study was to assess diversity of oxidative stress as a dynamic process throughout metabolic syndrome (MS) continuum ending with coronary heart disease (CHD) or diabetes mellitus (DM).Methods: Main group (MG) of 154 men aged 25–60 years with abdominal obesity (waist circumference above 94 cm) was examined in comparison to 30 healthy men of similar age. In MG 28 men were diagnosed with CHD, 24 – with DM. Fasting glucose (...

Introduction: We investigated short-term influence of thyroxin replacement therapy on blood pressure (BP) and cardiovascular status in patients with first identified primary hypothyroidism (PH) and earlier diagnosed arterial hypertension (AH).Methods: 52 patients with PH and AH were observed twice: prior to replacement therapy and after reaching euthyroid status. All patients underwent daily BP monitoring, echocardiography, and high frequency ultrasound ...