Endocrine Abstracts

Backgrounds: Cerebral aneurysms are a common disease that affects 1–5% of general populations, with an annual rupture risk of 0–1%. Smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes and aging have been considered as risk factors for cerebral aneurysms, but there were few epidemic studies. In this study, we evaluated the risk effect of diabetes on cerebral aneurysm in Korean population.Methods: We used data from participants who underwent brain MRA and l...

Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence and incidence of thyroid nodules, and associated risk factors in population-based prospective cohort study.Methods: We investigated the prevalence of thyroid nodules using the data of 3,104 adults aged over 50 years, who were enrolled in the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study and performed thyroid ultrasonography (US) in 2011-2012. Individuals have been performed US every 2 years, during...