Endocrine Abstracts

We assessed glycemic status using oral glucose tolerance, 72-h continuous blood glucose concentrations by CGMS, calculate HOMA and QUICKI indices.Population: 15 adolescents with β thalassemia major.Results: Oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) In the 15 thalassemic adolescents (age=19.75±3.08 years) showed that four had impaired fasting blood glucose level (IFG)>5.6 mmol/l. One of them had diabetes (BG=16.2 mmol/l at 2-...