Endocrine Abstracts

Obesity is the modern medical problem. According to the WHO expert panel the prevalence of obese population worldwide is 300 million and overweight is 750 million.In the first trimester of 2007, we studied the obese patients in the Iv. Javakhishvili State Medical University’s Department of Endocrinology. The objective of our research was to study the course of subclinical hypothyroidism adjunct with severe obesity, its diagnostic criteria and treatm...

Background: Type1 diabetes is associated with reduction in Bone mineral density (BMD). It is thought, that metabolic abnormalities associated with type 1 diabetes alter the BMD, but the pathologic mechanisms of reduced bone mass are not fully understood.Objective: The aim of our study was to reveal whether the metabolic control affects bone mass in patients with type 1 diabetes.Materials and Methods: We studied 80 patients (45 -mal...

Aim: To investigate the influence of Cimicifuga Racemosa in women with peri – and early postmenopause.Materials and Methods: 125 women were investigated. They created 2 groups. The group I – perimenopausal women, their age varied between 36–45 years (n=85); II – women with early postmenopause, their age varied between 46–55 years (n=40). They complained about hot flashes, skin irritating, excess hyperhidrosis, tachy...

We have investigated the leptin production by total and regional fat mass in 32 overweight postmenopausal women as well as the relation between serum leptin levels, total body fat mass and body fat distribution variables. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated in kg/m2. Serum concentrations of leptin were evaluated by RIA. Body composition – trunk/total, arms+legs/total+legs/trunk, android/gynoid ratios were assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Th...