Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Our goal was to monitor and control the blood glucose levels in inefficiently controlled insulin-treated patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). The target was to achieve an early detection of DM deregulation, to maintain accepted HbA1c levels through active intervention and to minimize the outpatient department visits.Description of methods/design: Twenty-six insulin-treated type 1 and 2 DM patients were enrolled (mean age 61.42±14.5 ye...

Dyslipidemiαs should be managed from childhood for prevention of early atheromatic vascular lesions and premature cardiovascular disease in adult life.Aim: We examined the frequency of different types of dyslipidemiα in children and the results on blood lipids of lifestyle intervention (diet and exercise).Patients and methods: We studied retrospectively 136 children, 74 boys and 62 girls, mean chronological age 8.5±3...

Introduction: Patients with adrenal adenomas appear to exhibit an appreciable prevalence of autonomous aldosterone secretion (AAS). Our aim was to evaluate the anti-hypertensive effect of targeted therapy with mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) antagonists in AAS patients.Patients and methods: We studied 60 hypertensive patients, 21 males and 39 females, harboring an adrenal adenoma with AAS. All patients were receiving combination of anti-hypertensive trea...

Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is the most frequent thyroid disease in children, in areas of the world with sufficient iodine intake.Aim: To study the clinical features of HT in children at presentation.Material and method: We studied 99 children with HT, 76 (76.8%) girls and 23 (23.2%) boys, with mean chronological age 10.7±2.6 ys (3.2–15.6 ys). The diagnosis of HT was established from the high titers of antithyroid a...

Introduction: The prevalence of autonomous aldosterone secretion (AAS) in hypertensive subjects varies due to the use of various suppression tests and cut-off values. Our aim was to evaluate the prevalence of AAS in hypertensive subjects and test the anti-hypertensive effect of targeted treatment of the renin angiotensin II aldosterone system (RAAS) in AAS subjects.Description of methods/design: We investigated 336 hypertensive subjects with and without ...

Aim: To estimate the impact of overconsumption of salty and sweet foods on Body Mass Index (BMI) and Blood Pressure (BP) in children.Patients-Methods: We studied 208 children (105 girls), aged 9.2±3.0 yr, 57 (27.4%) of normal weight, 37 (17.8%) overweight and 114 (54.8%) obese. Overconsumption of NaCl was considered >5 g/day and of free sugar >0.5 g/Kg ideal Body Weight/day. BP was measured as appropriate and BMI was estimated in all childre...