Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a condition of chronic hyperglicemia (as well as metabolic disorders of the other carbohydrates, lipids and proteins), as a result of absolute and/or relative lack of insulin or lack of insulin effects. The aim of the research presented in this study is examination of antropometric characteristics of patients suffering from type 1 diabetes in Kragujevac depending on gender.Material and method: We examined 206 patients wit...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is a condition of chronic hyperglicemia (as well as metabolic disorders of the other carbohydrates, lipids and proteins), as a result of absolute and/or relative lack of insulin or lack of insulin effects.The aim of the research presented in this study is examination of antropometric characteristics of people suffering from type 2 diabetes in Kragujevac.Material and method: We examined 3108 patients ...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is equivalent of coronary artery disease (CAD), plenty of patients with CAD already has diabetes or prediabetes. Diabetes originate as result of interactions between diferent factors, like genetic and environment. The risk fatctors for type 2 diabetes are: positive family history for type 2 diabetes, obesity, age over 45 years, previous glucose intolerance or impaired fasting glucose, previous gestational diabetes or birthweight of children over...