Endocrine Abstracts

Worldwide diabetes epidemic leads to exponential increase in incidence and prevalence of associated co-morbidities and mortality. During the last 10 years we have devoted to investigate how clinical and genetic biomarkers can be used to facilitate prediction of these life-threatening hazards. Accumulating evidence from our large prospective studies indicate that decline in insulin secretion adjusted for the degree of insulin sensitivity is the key factor contributing to overt ...