Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Recent reports have suggested that air pollution may impact thyroid function, although the evidence is still scarce and inconclusive. In this study we evaluated the association of exposure to air pollutants to thyroid function parameters in a nationwide sample representative of the adult population of Spain.Methods: The [email protected] study is a national, cross-sectional, population-based survey which was conducted in 2008-2010 using a random clust...

Introduction: Thyroid dysfunction is a common health problem. Its prevalence may vary in different populations, and in Spain, it has not been sufficiently studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction (clinical and subclinical) in our country.Materials and methods: The diabetes study is a national, cross-sectional, population-based survey. Target population: the entire Spanish population >18 years. Sample: >...

Objective: To study the association between the state of iodine nutrition, and the risk of total and cause mortality in a representative sample of the Spanish adult population.Design: Longitudinal observational study to estimate mortality risk according to urinary iodine (UI) concentrations using a sample of 4370 subjects >18 years representative of the Spanish adult population participating in the national study [email protected] (2008–2010). We used ...

Introduction: It has been suggested that the lack of exposure to low ambient temperatures may be a contributor to the development of obesity. The aim of this study was to study possible associations between climate and the risk for obesity in the Spanish population using an ecological focus.Methods: The [email protected] Study is a national epidemiological study designed to determine the prevalence of diabetes, obesity and other cardiovascular risk factors in Sp...

Introduction: The metabolic risk associated with air pollution could vary according to the specific pollution levels of each area, as well as factors related to lifestyle (diet, activity physical, socioeconomic status, tobacco), other exposures, comorbidities etc.. and has been insufficiently evaluated in our country.Objective: To study the association between long term exposure to air pollution (measured as PM concentrations) and the incidence of hypert...

Objective: To study the association between genes codifying for mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) subunits and BMI and obesity as well as the impact on the risk to develop type 2 diabetes in the general population from Spain.Research design and methods: Three thousand seven hundred and thirty-one subjects (age range 21–89) from three different population-based studies of Spain, were studied. Forty-eight single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of ...