Endocrine Abstracts

The relationship between increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and atherosclerosis in subclinical hypothyroidism (sHT) have been demonstrated in several studies. This relation was attributed to dyslipidemia which is common in sHT. Apo A1, apo B100, Lp (a), hsC-reactive protein (hsCRP), fibrinogen and total homocysteinemia (tHcy) are the main non-traditional cardiovascular risk factors. In addition, paraoxon 1 (PON 1) activity is an enzyme responsible for the anti-oxid...

Introduction: Serum IGF1 levels declined particularly with hyperglycemia in diabetic patients and lower IGF1 levels has been suggested to be associated with the development of diabetes. IGF1 levels appear to increase with the improvement in glycemic control in diabetic patients but do not reach normal levels. Also, it affected by gender; in this study we aimed to investigate effects of gender on IGF1 changes with basal insulin analogs.Methods: The serum ...

Objective: To determine the correlates of visceral and subcutaneous fat thickness in non-diabetic obese and morbidly obese patients.Methods: A total of 31 obese female outpatients composed of morbidly obese (n=16, BMI of ≧40 kg/m2) and obese (n=15, BMI of 30–39.9 kg/m2) patients were included in the present study. Data on age, anthropometrics, blood biochemistry, HOMA–IR, carotid intima-media thick...