Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Obesity is an expanding pathology in the world and in Tunisia. We conducted this study to assess the thyroid function in a population of obese women and to investigate the relationship of thyroid status parameters with clinical and metabolic parameters.Methods: This is a cross-sectional retrospective study about 50 obese women carried out at the obesity unit of department A of the National Institute of Nutrition in Tunis. We collected body ma...

Aim of the study: Functional disorders might be caused by micronutrient deficiencies. The objective of our study is to screen the micronutrient deficiencies of postmenopausal diabetic women and determine their impact on the functional disorders.Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study made within the National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis, including 55 postmenopausal diabetic women which benefited from a dietary survey. Functional disorders...

Introduction: Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) results from an imbalance between the intake and the needs of the body, which is still noted in developing countries. The aim of this work was to describe the trend of prevalence and mortality rate during the period 2010- 2019 in people aged over 55 years in Tunisia.Methods: This was a retrospective descriptive study. The data source was the Washington Institute of Health Metrics for Tunisia. We performed a...

Background and Aim: Obesity is a major risk for the development of hypertension. These cardiovascular risk factors are associated with nutritional targets. The aim of our study was to determine clinical characteristics, body composition and hypertension-related dietary patterns of obese patients with high blood pressure.Methods: This was a cross sectional study including 70 patiens. Clinical characteristics, anthropometric measures were collected. Body c...

Introduction: Trophic disorders of the diabetic foot and their complications represent a major public health problem. Treatment must be accompanied by quality therapeutic education to allow patients to self-manage their disease. The objective of this work is to evaluate, with the help of a questionnaire, the knowledge of diabetic patients on the diabetic foot.Materials and Methods: We conducted a descriptive, cross-sectional study among 50 diabetic patie...

Introduction : Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) is an autoimmune disease that commonly affects a young population. Its evolution can be characterized by a frequent occurrence of degenerative complications. Our aims were to study microangiopathic complications, lipid profile, and the presence of other autoimmune diseases in type 1 diabetic patients whose diabetes has been evolving for 10 years or more.Method : This is a descriptive cross-sectional study including T...

Introduction: Urinary tract infection is worrying in diabetic patients especially unbalanced. Contracting a multidrug-resistant bacterium is even more alarming since it narrows the therapeutic means in a patient whose immune system is already weakened by the diabetes. The objective of this study is to describe the clinical and metabolic characteristics of a population of diabetic patients with urinary tract infection.Methods: This is a retrospective stud...

Introduction: Diarrhea is an undesirable effect that affects almost one third of patients on metformin.When it appears late, it becomes difficult to attach it to metformin, especially in polymedicated patients or with complicated diabetes. The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical and biological characteristics of a population with chronic metformin-induced diarrhea and to characterize this diarrhea.Methods: This is a prospective study inclu...

Introduction: PCOS is common in Tunisia. It is characterized by the high frequency of clinical and metabolic abnormalities associated with cardiovascular risk. The aim of our work was to describe the clinico-metabolic profile of a Tunisian women population with polycystic ovary syndrome.Methods: This is a prospective study conducted on 53 Tunisian patients with PCOS, referred by their gynecologist to the Obesity Unit of A departement of the National Inst...

Introduction: The disturbance of the lipid balance during pregnancy is common. Nevertheless, major hypertriglyceridemia during pregnancy is rare and can not be attributed to pregnancy.Methods: We report the case of a pregnant woman hospitalized at the national nutrition institute of Tunis (departement A) for the management of a major hypertriglyceridemia.Results: This is a 28-year-old female patient with ovarian stimulation-induced...