Endocrine Abstracts

Backgrounds: The rapidly increasing epidemic of obesity is one of the most challenging dilemmas facing endocrinologists all over the world today. The scale of the obesity problem has a number of serious consequences for individuals and for government health systems. The aim of our research was the evaluation of obesity and overweight prevalence in Minsk city population within the framework of the Campaign ‘Obesity As A Risk Factor of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus’<p c...

Screening for diabetic polyneuropathy (DP) is advisable for all patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) after 5 years the detection of the disease. The aim of the study was to evaluate the vibration sensitivity disorders in T1DM patients using Vibratip device for early diagnosis of DP.Materials and methods: 509 patients with T1DM (224 women and 285 men) (mean age: 28.5±8.5 years, mean BMI −24.2±4.1 kg/m2) were examined. T...