Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: Determination of the 25(OH) vitamin D levels in Greek-born and in Bangladeshi immigrant patients in Greece with diabetes with and without polyneuropathy.Materials and methods: The method for the detection and staging of polyneuropathy proposed by Dyck, 1988 was used.Results: A total of 111 Bangladeshi immigrants and 101 Greek diabetic patients took part in the study. Vitamin D levels were significantly lower in Bangladeshi tha...

Objectives: Diabetes risk for Asians is related to a greater tendency to adiposity, which increases insulin resistance. Various studies have highlighted the fact that people from South Asia have a younger age of onset of diabetes, greater upper-body adiposity and lower body mass index (BMI) and higher risk compared to those from other nations. Greece has experienced a large wave of immigration from Asian countries, especially Bangladesh. The purpose of this study was to explor...

Objectives: Smoking tobacco is a risk factor for several diseases and has been increasing in many developing countries. Smoking cessation counseling should be a routine component of diabetes care. The aim of the present study was to examine the association between smoking status in two different groups of patients with diabetes: Immigrants from Bangladesh who live in Greece and Greek-born subjects.Methods: A total of 166 immigrants with diabetes (122 wit...

Introduction: Prayer marks (PMs) have been reported in the literature among Muslim prayers. PMs are found most often on the forehead, knees, ankles and dorsa of the feet. The most common changes consist of thickening, lichenification and hyperpigmentation of the skin, the causative factors being repeated pressure and friction during pray.Objectives: Immigrant populations are disproportionately affected by diabetes and its complications. Moreover, diabeti...

Tumor heterogeneity affects diagnosis, prognosis and response to therapy. Heterogeneity is found in both normal and neoplastic human mammary gland. For example, luminal estrogen receptor (ER)-negative cells can give rise to various phenotypes, including ER-negative and ER-positive mammary tumors, suggesting that the cell-of-origin does not necessarily reflect the tumor type. Regarding ER status, heterogeneity can challenge endocrine therapies; elimination of responsive clones ...

A 26-year-old Caucasian male presented to the joint infertility outpatients clinic with primary infertility. His medical history included hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) due to genetically confirmed MYH7 sarcomere protein mutation, treated with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator while his partner was a healthy 24-year-old Caucasian nulliparous female. Initial investigations showed hypertestosteronemia (Testosterone: >51.0 nmol/l) and azoospermia, hence the c...

Introduction: Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) and abnormal carbohydrate metabolism are the commonest endocrine disorders in the general population. However, the effect that AITD may exert in β-cell secretion and insulin action in patients pre-diabetes has not been investigated before.Methods/design: One hundred and eighty-two patients (157 females) 46.5±14.2 years with pre-diabetes (impaired fasting glucose (IFG) or/and impaired glucose toler...

Introduction: Low bone density is a frequent finding in both women and men of older age. There is not enough data about bone density in younger adults and especially men. In this study we measured bone density in healthy males per decade of age.Method: We measured bone density (BMD), T-score, Z-score and body mass index (BMI) in 1902 healthy men, age 20–59 years old. The study population was divided into four groups according to th...

Introduction: The current study was conducted to assess the level of awareness about diabetes in a random population.Methods: A questionnaire was conducted by communication over the telephone in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, and Greece in a random population of 600 persons. Presence of DM1 or DM2 in the person questioned or a family member, knowledge of precipitating factors, duration, curability, choice of phycisian and compliance with medication were assess...

Background: Acute stroke, traumatic brain injury, and subarachnoid hemorrhage are common diagnoses of patients in Critical Care Units, which often lead to increased morbidity and mortality. Patients with brain damage experience wide glucose fluctuation, with episodes of hyperglycemia. Hyperglycemia has traditionally been associated with poor clinical outcomes after brain injury.Objectives: To evaluate the effects of intensive versus conventional glucose ...