Endocrine Abstracts

High blood pressure is a condition that is frequently associated with diabetes. It aggravates the prognosis of the diabetic by increasing the cardiovascular risk and accelerating the occurrence of degenerative complications. The aim of our work was to study the effect of the association of high blood pressure and diabetes on the degenerative complications of diabetes. This is a descriptive retrospective study conducted at the C department of the National Institute of Nutrition...

Lipid abnormalities are common in diabetic patients, increasing their cardiovascular risk. The aim of our study is to compare the lipid profile between type 1 and type 2 diabetics. This is a retrospective study of 100 patients, half of them have type 1 diabetes (group 1) and the other half have type 2 diabetes (group 2), hospitalized in department A of the National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis between January 2017 and June 2017. Type 2 diabetics were older than type 1 diabe...

The progression of obesity around the world is largely responsible for the high blood pressure (HBP) most commonly associated with this condition. This morbid association leads to an increase in morbid cardiovascular mortality. The aim of our work was to study the prevalence of hypertension in a group of Tunisian obese people. This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at the Obesity Unit of the Tunis Institute of Nutrition about 100 obese patients who visited betwe...