Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Diabetes and prediabetes have become major public health problems in recent decades.Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the predictive value of risk factors on progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes.Materials and methods: A total of 383 subjects (213 females, 170 males), mean age 51.93±13.47 years and mean BMI 29.11±5.3 kg/m2, divided in three groups – 147 with normal gluc...

Aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate sE-selectin and Endothelin-1 as markers of endothelial function and autonomic tone at early stages of impaired glucose tolerance and in metabolic syndrome (MetS).Material and methods: A total of 87 subjects - 48 females and 39 males (mean age 45.7±11.6 years, mean BMI 31.4±6.6 kg/m2), divided into three groups according to glucose tolerance: 35 with normal glucose tolerance (NGT), 35 with pre...