Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Symptomatic hypogonadism is frequent and associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events. Hypogonadism is often treated with testosterone replacement. In a recent meta-analysis on adverse events in randomised placebo controlled testosterone replacement trials (RPCT), no differences between testosterone or placebo/non-intervention groups with regards to cardiovascular events or risk factors was observed. Conversely, a contemporary RPCT in elderly immobile pa...

Background: Cross-sectional studies in small and selected populations indicate a relatively high prevalence of incipient and/or subclinical Cushing’s syndrome (CS) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), which could have therapeutic implications.Aim: To estimate the prevalence of CS in a large, unselected cohort of recently diagnosed T2D patients.Methods: A total of 384 consecutive out – patients with T2D diagnosed after ...

Background: Hypercortisolism is prevalent in type 2 diabetes (T2D), but analytical and functional uncertainties prevail. Measurement of salivary cortisol is considered an expedient screening method for hypercortisolism, but its usefulness in the context of T2D is uncertain.Aim: To compare late night salivary cortisol (LNSC) with the 1 mg overnight dexamethasone suppression test (DST), which was considered ‘reference standard’, in T2D.<p cla...

Context: An interaction between gut-derived ghrelin, which is implicated in the regulation of short- and long-term energy balance, and thyroid function has previously been reported in patients with hyperthyroidism, in whom ghrelin levels are reversibly suppressed. In the present study, we measured total serum ghrelin levels and pertinent metabolic indices in hypothyroid patients before end after L-thyroxin replacement.Patients and methods:...

Objectives: There is limited knowledge of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) levels among newly diagnosed T2D patients in the population-based setting, and of factors associated with elevated CRP.Methods: Measurements of CRP were performed in the first 1036 T2D patients in the nationwide DD2 project, enrolling new T2D patients from general practitioners and hospital specialist outpatient clinics. We examined the number of T2D patients within CRP t...

Objectives: Elevated levels of serum alanine aminotransferase (ALAT) have been linked with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients. We examined ALAT levels in newly diagnosed T2D patients, and the factors associated with such elevation.Methods: Measurements of ALAT were performed in 1025 (43% women and 57% men) new T2D patients enrolle...

Few population-based data exist on the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MS) its components, and its association with subclinical inflammation and insulin resistance among patients newly diagnosed with type two diabetes (T2D).We examined the MS according to IDF criteria by linkage primary data (waist circumference, fasting blood glucose, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP)) with variables from the Danish diabetes database for adults (blood ...