Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: White adipose tissue celularity is a highly versatile and precocious marker for metabolic status. Fat morphology can be estimated by comparing body fat mass with average fat cell size. Recent studies have shown that adipo-cyte hypertrophy is negatively correlated with dyslipidemia and insulin resistance, independent of body composition.Methods: The study group includes 18 obese patients, with a mean age of 38.76±8.89 years and a mean B...

Introduction: The adipocyte expansion is a critical process with implications in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance associated to obesity. Impaired adipogenesis leads to dysfunctional, hypertrophic adipocytes, chronic low grade inflammation and insulin resistance.Methods: Our study included 18 obese patients (13 females and 5 males) mean age 38.76±8.89 years and mean body mass index 46.06±6.48 kg/m2, referred for Lapa...