Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Coronary artery disorder has been featured as the leading cause of dead in diabetics. This study was designed to assess the prevalence of silent myocardial ischemia in asymptomatic patients with diabetes.Methods and patients: One hundred and thirty asymptomatic type 2 diabetic patients were enrolled in the study. A questioner was filled including patients’ demographic information and routin laboratory tests. HsCRP was measured for all ...

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes is associated with lower total testosterone (TT) levels in cross – sectional studies. However, it is not known whether the defect is primary or secondary.Method: We investigated the prevalence of hypogonadism in type 2 diabetes in men by measuring serum total testosterone (TT), SHBG, LH, FSH, prolactin (PRL) in 85 men with type 2 diabetes. Free testosterone (FT) was calculated by using TT and SHBG (CFT). Hypogonadism wa...