Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 21 is a hormone which plays an important role in metabolic diseases such as diabetes, obesity and dyslipidemia. In this study; we aimed to investigate the serum total and bioactive FGF21 levels in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and compared with healthy pregnant controls.Material and Methods: A two-step screening method and Carpenter and Coustan criteria were used in the diagnosis of...

Aim: In our study, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between oxidative stress markers such as total antioxidant capacity (TAC), advanced oxidant protein products (AOPP) and thiol-disulfide homeostasis parameters and diabetic peripheral neuropathy (PNP), an important microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus (DM).Material and methods: 80 (male/female=34/46) patients with type 2 DM and 19 healthy controls were included in the stu...

Aim: We aimed to investigate the possible relationship between HDL cholesterol subclasses and carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM).Material and methods: Sixty-two (female/male: 33/29, mean age: 33.3±8.5 years) patients with type 1 DM at least 5 years and 20 (female/male: 10/10, mean age: 30.4±5.6 years) healthy controls were included in the study. After physical examination and anthropometric meas...