Endocrine Abstracts

Background: UK South Asians (SA) are at risk of vitamin D deficiency (VDD, defined as 25-OH vitamin D <25 nmol/l) and insufficiency (VDI, 25-OH vitamin D 25–49 nmol/l), which increases the risk of metabolic bone disease. As VDD and VDI are often asymptomatic, many individuals will be unaware of this metabolic abnormality. As there is little information on how to detect VDD/VDI in the community, we wished to investigate if they were identified more effectively using ei...

Background: Bone marrow transplant (BMT) survivors are at increased risk of metabolic syndrome and developing type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Measurement of HbA1c is increasingly used in recent years for the diagnosis of T2DM. An HbA1c level of ≥6.5% (48 mmol/mol) is considered as a diagnostic cut-off for T2DM and an HbA1c between 6.0–6.4% (42–47 mmol/mol) is considered as at risk of T2DM. We aimed to look at the diagnostic performance of HbA1c and oral glucose toleran...