Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Obesity has been associated with low levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D). This could be explained by a low dietary intake, reduced sun exposure or less biodisponibility because of its arrest in the fat mass. The main objective is to study the prevalence of 25(OH)D deficiency in premenopausal obese women.Methods: Aleatory sample of 100 morbidly obese patients. Selection criteria were: women, premenopausal, Caucasian. Patient with diabetes ...

Objective: Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs) are relatively infrequent. We present a descriptive study of GEP-NETs of a reference Spanish hospital.Patients and methods: Forty-six patients were diagnosed of GEP-NETs during the period 1993–2011. Data regarding demographic, clinical, analytical, anatomopathological and diagnostic variables were collected. Results are expressed as mean±SD....