Endocrine Abstracts

The aim: Of the study was to determine the relationship between depression and anxiety symptoms and chronic diabetes complications, disease duration, glycaemic control in type 1 diabetic patients.Methods: 18–54 year old 215 patients with T1DM were enrolled in the study. Participants filled questionnaires about DM, disease duration, complications and Beck’s depression (DB) and anxiety (BA) inventory. All patients were evaluated for microvascular...

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of age, disease duration, glycaemic control and diabetic nephropathy for the sexual function of women with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D).Methods: Study subjects – 18–52 year old women with type 1 diabetes. Participants filled the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and questionnaires about T1D, disease duration, glycaemic control and complications. Laboratory tests including glycated hem...

Introduction: Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) production by the pulmonary neuroendocrine tumour (p-NET) is rare, and is considered an aggressive variant of carcinoid tumours with poor prognosis.Case presentation: 59-year-old male with fast progressing generalized fatigue, abdominal discomfort, and diarrhea was hospitalized in gastroenterology unit of Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kauno klinikos (HLUHS KK). Digestive tra...

Introduction: Low levels of vitamin D are commonly found in people with type 1 diabetes and recently studies found that vitamin D deficiency (VDD) contributes to the risk of developing diabetic microvascular complications. The aim was to determine the relationship between microvascular complications of diabetes and 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels in type 1 diabetic patients.Methods: A total of 143 adults (60 male and 83 female) with type 1 diabetes ...