Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a clustering of risk factors. Endothelial dysfunction has been reported in patients with MS and even in healthy obese individuals with a normal metabolic profile. Sympathetic activity commonly is increased in obese hypertensives, and moxonidine, is found to be effective in lowering blood pressure and improving insulin sensitivity. The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of moxonidine on endothelial dysfunction in insulin-resis...

Objective: The measurement of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) sonographically is reported to be related with both obesity and insulin resistance. Hepatic steatosis is one of the best known other coincidence with obesity. We aimed to evaluate the relationships between EAT thickness, hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance in obese patients.Methods: Obese 63 subjects were enrolled into the study. Local ethical committee approval was obtained. Patients wer...