Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: There is no published data on dispensed drug pattern in patients with Autoimmune Addison’s disease (AAD). Sweden has excellent condition for research in this area, with high-quality population based registers. Among them is the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register (SPDR) that contains information about dispensed prescribed drugs. By linking registry data, we aimed at accurately estimate the prevalence and incidence of AAD, the prevalence of common concomitant au...

Objective: Mortality in autoimmune Addison’s disease (AAD) is increased twofold compared to matched populations. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most common cause of death, but little is known of cardiovascular morbidity. Inadequate glucocorticoid replacement has been implicated in the increased risk of CVD, but evidence is lacking. The objective of this study was to examine cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in AAD, and to investigate the effects of glucocorticoi...

Introduction: PCOS-related hormonal and metabolic alterations seem to persist later in life. The aim was to investigate age-related hormonal and metabolic parameters in PCOS and in healthy women in order to determine cut-off values predicting PCOS.Subjects and methods: PCOS women and 230 healthy controls were divided accordingly: 18–24, 25–29, 30–34, 35–39, 40–44, 45–49 and >50 years. A particular interest was to analyze...