Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Few studies have investigated the effect of gastric bypass surgery on lipid profile in obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. We aimed to evaluate changes in lipid profile in obese diabetic patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery.Method: We retrospectively analysed 71 obese type 2 diabetic patients (46 women, 25 men) who underwent RYGB surgery. Weight, body mass index (BMI), total cholesterol (TC), high-density-li...

Objective: The number of studies that investigate thyroid functions in obese patients is limited, and little known about the effect of co-existence of type 2 diabetes mellitus on thyroid functions. In our study, we aimed to evaluate the spectrum of thyroid function in the both diabetic and non-diabetic obese patients.Materials-Methods: 145 obese patients who were admitted to our department of endocrinology and metabolism, between June 2014 and December 2...