Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: Mountain biking has become increasingly popular worldwide. Mountain bikes, are a common source of significant injuries including chronic overuse injuries affecting the genitourinary tract. Erectile dysfunction and infertility are some of the reported urogenital problems in male riders. Our aim was to evaluate the testicular function in male mountain bikers.Methods: Thirty male professional mountain bikers with a mean age of 23.4±2.5 year...

Introduction: Serum IGF1 levels declined particularly with hyperglycemia in diabetic patients and lower IGF1 levels has been suggested to be associated with the development of diabetes. IGF1 levels appear to increase with the improvement in glycemic control in diabetic patients but do not reach normal levels. Also, it affected by gender; in this study we aimed to investigate effects of gender on IGF1 changes with basal insulin analogs.Methods: The serum ...