Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Pre- and postnatal factors have an influence on obesity the first year of life. Among them maternal glucose levels, breastfeeding, ablactation and recently sleep duration are under study in diverse populations.Methods: In a prospective study, we recruited 139 pregnant women and obtained fasting and post-load (75 g) glucose levels. We studied children robustness (waist girth/height) at 6 months and one year of age, and the influence of alter...

Introduction: Type 1 Gastric neuroendocrine tumors account for 70 to 80 percent of all gastric neuroendocrine tumors (G-NETs) and they are found more commonly in older adults, particularly women. They are associated with autoimmune metaplastic atrophic gastritis (AMAG) with or without pernicious anemia. Endoscopically, they are usually smaller than 1 cm and often multiple. These tumors usually present a non-aggressive evolution. Our goal is to approach the presence of risk fac...

Introduction: Type 1 Gastric neuroendocrine tumors account for 70 to 80 percent of all gastric neuroendocrine tumors (G-NETs) and they are found more commonly in older adults, particularly women. They are associated with autoimmune metaplastic atrophic gastritis (AMAG) with or without pernicious anemia. They are usually smaller than 1 cm and often multiple. Our goal is to describe different characteristics of type 1 G-NETs and to study possible prognostic factors related to th...

Diabetes is associated with a greatly increased risk of cardiovascular disease and the advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and their receptors play an important role in these complications.Objective: To study the association between AGEs and sRAGE levels with cardiovascular risk factors in obese and non-obese newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients.Material and methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in subjects with type...

In obesity the combined effects of enhanced food consumption, enhanced oxidative stress and inflammation could increase levels of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and the action of their receptors.Objective: To study circulating levels of AGEs, soluble RAGE and AGER-1 and their association with insulin resistance and inflammation in young subjects with obesity and normal weight.Material and methods: We conducted a cross-secti...