Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Despite Egypt being a sunny country (latitude 22–32°N) and enjoying a high year-round UV exposure (highest UV index in Cairo 12 in July and lowest 3 in December), it harbors a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency especially in females (Botros et al, Endocrinol Nutr, 2015;62(7):314–321).Aim of work: We aimed to study a larger representative sample of Egyptian males and females, to identify the extent of the phenomenon and c...

Background: Vitamin D is a growing endemic problem. Wide proportions of healthy adults are deficient in vitamin D. It is very important for skeletal and non-skeletal health. It is now well established that many people have vitamin D levels that are less than currently recommended for optimal healthAim of this work: To assess vitamin-D sufficiency/deficiency in a sample of healthy Egyptian adult males in Dakahlia Governorate in Northern Egypt and correlat...

Objectives: Vitamin D deficiency is rarely considered or treated in critically ill patients. Deficiency of 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH) D) prior to hospital admission might be a significant predictor of short and long term all cause patient mortality in a critically ill patient. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in hospitalized patients and its relation to the length of stay and outcome of hospitalization.Methods: Prospective...

Background: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is involved in endothelial dysfunction in hypertension and diabetes. It may play a role in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy and retinopathy. Other various growth factors were found to be involved in the neovascularization in proliferative diabetic retinopathy including insulin like growth factor -1 (IGF-1) but most of the studies have measured only a single growth factor especially in the vitreous fluid, thus ignori...